10A—Regulations to be referred to Legislative Review Committee
(1) Every regulation
that is required to be laid before Parliament is, when made, referred by force
of this section to the Legislative Review Committee of the Parliament.
(1a) If a Minister
issues a certificate under section 10AA(2) in relation to a regulation,
the Minister must cause a report setting out the reasons for the issue of the
certificate to be given to the Committee as soon as practicable after the
making of the regulation.
(2) The Committee must
inquire into and consider all regulations referred to it.
(3) The Committee must
consider all regulations as soon as conveniently practicable after they are
referred to the Committee and, if Parliament is then in session, must do so
before the end of the period within which any motion for disallowance of the
regulations may be moved in either House of Parliament.
(4) If the Committee
forms the opinion that any regulations ought to be disallowed—
(a) it
must report the opinion and the grounds for the opinion to both Houses of
Parliament before the end of the period within which any motion for
disallowance of the regulations may be moved in either House; and
(b) if
Parliament is not in session, it may, before reporting to Parliament, report
the opinion and the grounds for the opinion to the authority by which the
regulations were made.