9. Amendment of section 18

Section 18 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:

“(3)  Every direction given by the Minister shall be registered by the Commission as soon as practicable.

A direction shall come into operation on the date of registration of such direction in a register or such later date as the Minister may specify in the direction.

A direction shall expire on such date as the Minister may specify in the direction or, if no date is specified, the direction shall continue to be in operation until the direction is revoked.

The Minister may at any time modify, vary or revoke a direction and the procedure set out in subsections (3), (4)