Medical Practitioners Act 1995

   125. Council to make rules relating to elections--- (1) The Council
 shall, from time to time, make rules---
   (a) Prescribing the manner of holding elections of members to the
         Council, and providing for the coming into force of such elected
         members; and
   (b) Prescribing circumstances in which an election to fill a vacancy
         in the membership of the Council need not be held, and
         authorising the Council to appoint any person to fill any such
         vacancy.

   (2) No rules made under this section shall have any force or effect
 until---
   (a) The rules have been approved by the Minister, who, before
         approving the rules, may require the Council to make such
         amendments or additions to the rules as the Minister thinks fit;
         and
   (b) A copy of the rules, as approved by the Minister and showing the
         date of that approval, has been published in the Gazette.

   (3) The publication in the Gazette of a copy of any rules purporting
 to have been made under this section by the Council and to have been
 approved by the Minister shall be sufficient evidence, in the absence of
 proof to the contrary, that the rules have been duly made and approved
 under this section.

   (4) All rules made under this section shall be deemed to be
 regulations for the purposes of the Acts Interpretation Act 1924 and the
 Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989, but shall not be regulations for
 the purposes of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

   (5) The Council may from time to time amend or revoke any rules made
 under this section, and the provisions of subsections (2) to (4) of this
 section, with all necessary modifications, shall apply in respect of any
 such amendment or revocation.

   (6) If no rules are approved under this section by the Minister within
 6 months after the commencement of this section, regulations may be made
 under section 140 of this Act providing for those matters in respect of
 which rules may be made under subsection (1) of this section.