Regulations Committee

“78. (1) The Regulations Committee shall have the duty of considering all such regulations (as defined by the Interpretation Act for the time being in force) as under the authority of any law are to be laid before the Assembly, and to bring to the special attention of the Assembly any regulations:- (a) which involves the expenditure of public moneys or imposes or fixes fees or licenses or for service; (b) which cannot be challenged in court on the grounds that it is ultra vires, or is only temporarily so challenged; (c) the making of which appears to constitute an unusual or unexpected use of the powers conferred by the law under which it was made; (d) which purports to have retroactive effects although the law under which it was made does not in terms give the Secretary such power; (e) the publication or laying before the Assembly of which appears to have been unduly delayed; (f) in respect of which there has been unjustifiable delay in notifying the Presiding Officer that the instrument had come into operations before it was before the Assembly; (g) the purpose or form of which appears to require elucidation.

(2) The Regulations Committee shall not consider or report on the merits or policy of any regulations.

(3) The Presiding Officer shall be a member and the Chairman of the Regulations Committee. (4) The Regulations Committee shall consist of five members inclusive of the Presiding Officer.”