7.—(1) The Minister may make such regulations as are necessary for the purpose of giving effect to this Act and in particular in relation to—

(a) expenses to be borne by the central managements in relation to undertakings and groups of undertakings;

(b) the appointment of an arbitrator for the purposes of section 20 and the terms and conditions to which such an appointment shall be subject;

(c) the powers and procedures of arbitrators, and the conduct of arbitration proceedings, under sections 20 and 21; and

(d) subject to the Second Schedule in relation to a European Works Council, the funding by central managements of the expenses of the operation of Special Negotiating Bodies, European Works Councils, European Employees’ Fora or information and consultation procedures.

(2) Regulations under this Act may contain such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as appear to the Minister to be expedient for any purpose of this Act.

(3) Every regulation made by the Minister under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next subsequent 21 days on which that House has sat after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under it.