Part X Rules and Guidance

Chapter I Rule-making Powers

Procedural provisions

C1153 Rule-making instruments.

1

Any power conferred on the Authority to make rules is exercisable in writing.

2

An instrument by which rules are made by the Authority (“a rule-making instrument”) must specify the provision under which the rules are made.

3

To the extent to which a rule-making instrument does not comply with subsection (2), it is void.

4

A rule-making instrument must be published by the Authority in the way appearing to the Authority to be best calculated to bring it to the attention of the public.

5

The Authority may charge a reasonable fee for providing a person with a copy of a rule-making instrument.

6

A person is not to be taken to have contravened any rule made by the Authority if he shows that at the time of the alleged contravention the rule-making instrument concerned had not been made available in accordance with this section.