Local Government Act, 1994

Orders and regulations.

3.—(1) Every order and regulation made under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made.

(2) If after an order, other than an order under section 1 (9), 14 , 21 or 53 (1), or a regulation is so laid, a resolution annulling the order or regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the order or regulation is laid before it, the order or regulation shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

(3) The Minister may by order, amend or revoke an order made under this Act, other than under section 1 (9) (including an order made under this subsection).

(4) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this Act or in consequence of any of its provisions or for the purposes of enabling any provision to have full effect.

(5) Without prejudice to any specific provision of this Act, every regulation made under this Act may—

(a) contain such incidental, consequential, supplementary or transitional provisions (including provisions for the purpose of securing the continuity of any provision of this or of any other Act or instrument repealed, revoked, amended or otherwise affected by this Act or by any order or regulation made thereunder) as may appear to the Minister to be appropriate for the purposes of this Act or of any order or regulations made thereunder,

(b) provide for the adaptation, modification or cesser of operation of any provision of any enactment, including an enactment referred to in section 4 (3), relating to any matter governed by the provisions of this Act or of any order or regulations made thereunder for the purpose of securing that such enactment shall have effect in conformity with this Act or with an order or with regulations made thereunder.

(6) Regulations or an order under this Act may apply to local authorities generally, to any class or classes of local authorities specified in the regulations or order to a particular local authority or to a particular part of the administrative area of a local authority so specified and may contain different provisions in relation to different local authorities or to different parts of the administrative area of a local authority.