Section 4 of the Bill states:
(1) The Minister may make regulations–
(a) prescribing any matter referred to in this Act as prescribed or to be prescribed or in relation to any matter referred to in this Act as the subject of regulations, and
(b) for the purposes of, and for the purposes of giving full effect to, this Act.
(2) Regulations under this Act may–
(a) include any incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions that appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient,
(b) apply either generally or to a specified class or classes of persons or to any other matter that the Minister may consider to be appropriate, or
(c) include different provisions in relation to different classes of person.
In the usual way these regulations would have to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas. The Government of the day might want to make regulations about the type of person who might be eligible to join or the type of uniform necessary. It is not meant to overtake the provisions of the board. It is just a standard provision.
When a Minister gives authority to a board, he reserves the right to make regulations on some matters, which are covered in the Bill. These may include regulations about the length of time to produce certain reports or the number of times it should meet. It covers incidental, supplementary and consequential regulations and not substantive ones.