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Amendment of section 56 of Principal Act
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25. Section 56 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of “or the Minister for Education” after “Minister”,
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(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (11):
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“(11) When requested to do so by the Minister or, where the request relates to the provision of services by a service provider in respect of the education welfare functions of the Agency, the Minister for Education, the Agency shall supply the Minister concerned with any information obtained in response to a request under subsection (8).”,
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(c) in subsection (13), by the insertion of “, other than in relation to the matters referred to in subsection (13A),” after “may”, and
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(d) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (13):
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“(13A) The Minister for Education may make regulations to provide for the requirements in respect of—
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(a) the expenditure incurred by the Agency in the provision of services by service providers in respect of the education welfare functions of the Agency, and
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(b) the provision of those services by service providers.
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(13B) Regulations under subsection (13A) may contain such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as appear to the Minister for Education to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the regulations.
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(13C) Every regulation made by the Minister for Education under subsection (13A) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.”.
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