8. Section 16 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:"
| (1) in subsection (1) of that section in paragraph (g) thereof, by the substitution for the words " literary value ", of the words " literary or economic or scientific value or which are otherwise of national importance "; |
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| (2) by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following new subsection:"
| | "(2) Every regulation made by the Minister shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of such publication or on such later date as may be specified in the regulation. "; and | | |
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| (3) by the insertion immediately after subsection (2) thereof, of the following new subsections;"
| | "(3) Every regulation made by the Minister shall, as soon as convenient after its publication in the Gazette, be brought before Parliament for approval. Any regulation which is not so approved shall be deemed to be rescinded as from the date of disapproval but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder. | | |
| | (4) Notification of the date on which any regulation made by the Minister is so deemed to be rescinded shall be published in the Gazette. ". | | |
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