I move amendment No. 17:
In page 10, lines 25 to 31, to delete subsection (2) and substitute the following:
"(2) Where it is proposed to make regulations under this Act, a draft of each regulation shall be laid before each of the Houses of the Oireachtas, and shall not come into effect until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.".
This section, as drafted, provides for two sets of circumstances which will arise when regulations are being made. When regulations are made under sections 10 and 17 — section 10 deals with the classification of roads and section 17 deals with the functions of the Roads Authority — there is a requirement that the regulations be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas and would not be made until a resolution had been passed by each House. In the case of all other regulations it is the other way around; the regulations are made, laid before the Houses and unless a resolution is passed annulling them, the regulations are made. From experience we know that motions annulling regulations do not happen for a variety of reasons. I fail to see why there are two categories here. I am seeking to have the same rules apply to all regulations, in other words, that the regulations be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas and would not come into effect until a resolution is passed to give effect to them.