4.— (1) Every order (other than an order under sections 5, 29, 30, 31, 44 and 46) or regulation made by the Minister under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after it is made.

(2) Either House of the Oireachtas may, by resolution passed within 21 days after the day on which a regulation or an order is laid before it under this section, annul the regulation or order.

(3) The annulment of a regulation or an order under subsection (2) takes effect immediately on the passing of the resolution concerned, but does not affect the validity of anything done under the regulation or order before the passing of that resolution.