Part X

Rules and Guidance
Chapter I

Rule-making Powers

Procedural provisions

Rule-making instruments
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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.