Section 20: Commencement and disallowance

20. Commencement and disallowance (1) Subject to section 22, every subsidiary enactment shall come into operation on the date of its publication in the Gazette or on such earlier or later date as may be specifically provided in the enactment. (2) The Clerk of the Assembly shall lay every subsidiary enactment before the Assembly not later than the second sitting of the Assembly after publication of the subsidiary enactment. (3) No subsidiary enactment may be amended by the Assembly, but the Assembly may, without prejudice to any other of its powers, disallow any subsidiary enactment, other than a Proclamation, on motion made to that effect, by resolution passed within 30 days after the subsidiary enactment is laid before the Assembly under subsection (2). (4) Where a subsidiary enactment has been disallowed under subsection (3), the Attorney-General shall give notice of the disallowance by regulations and the subsidiary enactment shall cease to have effect from the date of the publication of the regulations.