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    "id": 1395050,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do agree that the Committee on Delegated Legislation should have the power to make a resolution that requires either the cabinet secretary or any other regulation-making authority to publish the notice in the Gazette. As soon as this is done, that gazette notice ought to be submitted to the House. The House will take note of it and those regulations will actually come to an end. The next very important proposal is in Clause 9, whereby there is a proposal to amend Section 27 of the principal Act to provide as follows: “Any statutory instrument that was in operation and that would otherwise stand automatically revoked on any day before the commencement of this provision, shall continue to operate and to have effect as if the instruments had not been automatically revoked on that date.” This is extremely important for the reasons that would be explained to the House. Statutory instruments have a lifespan of 10 years. Sometimes, either out of inadvertence or for reasons beyond any control, including the House being on recess or any other reason that statutory instrument can actually lapse, this is called a saving provision in law. We now wish to put in a provision towards the end of the Statutory Instruments Act to make a saving that, when this lapsing operates by automatic effluxion of time, then it is saved by this provision that it would continue to operate automatically until such a date when it is either renewed or revoked. This is a very important saving provision. I do support it and support the proposed amendments. I urge the House to pass the law as proposed. I do support the Bill."
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