Section 3 states:
The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following for section 5:
"5.—The Board, with the consent of the Minister, may make rules—
(a) for the regulation of its procedure or for any matter referred to in this Act as prescribed, and
(b) governing the consultation that is required by this Act to be carried out with the father or the person who believes himself to be the father of a child before the child is placed for adoption or before an adoption order is made in respect of the child.".
This gives the Adoption Board the power, with the consent of the Minister, to make rules governing the new procedures for consultation. Will the Minister explain whether these rules should be laid before the House and if there is a provision for so doing?