After the Minister
—
(a) has
received and considered —
(i)
a copy of a draft policy (in this section called the
draft policy ), together with a report thereon, submitted under section 28 or
32(1)(b); and
(ii)
if a committee of inquiry is appointed under section 29
in respect of the draft policy, the report made by the committee of inquiry;
and
(b) has
consulted any public authority or person under section 30 in respect of the
draft policy,
the Minister shall
—
(c)
remit the draft policy to the Authority for reconsideration and shall, if the
Minister considers that the matter calling for remittal is of minor
importance, give to the Authority a certificate to that effect briefly
describing that matter and cause that certificate to be published in the
Gazette ; or
(d)
approve the draft policy, with or without such amendments as the Minister
thinks fit to make to the draft policy, by order setting out the draft policy
in amended or unamended form, as the case requires; or
(e)
refuse to approve the draft policy by order setting out the Minister’s
reasons for so refusing.
[Section 31 amended: No. 40 of 2020 s. 111(1).]