Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2002

Amendment of Part II of Principal Act.

3.—The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following in Part II after section 25:

“Council's power to make rules.

25A.—(1) With the prior approval of the Minister, the Council may make rules with respect to any matter that in Part III or Part IV of this Act is referred to as prescribed or that may be prescribed under either Part.

(2) The Minister shall ensure that every rule made under this section is laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after the rule is made.

(3) Either House of the Oireachtas may, by a resolution passed within 21 sitting days after the day on which the rule is laid before it, annual the rule.

(4) The annulment of a rule under subsection (3) takes effect immediately on the passing of the resolution concerned, but does not affect the validity of anything done under the rule before the passing of the resolution.”.