124. The Minister shall publish in the Gazette officielle du Québec any draft regulation prepared under this Act, with a notice stating that it may be adopted by the Government, with or without amendment, at the expiry of 60 days following the publication.
The Minister shall hear every written objection made to him before the expiry of the delay of 60 days.
The Government may, however, without publishing the draft regulation, make a regulation if its sole purpose is to update the methods of sampling, preservation and analysis published by third parties and incorporated by reference into a regulation already in force.
Every regulation made by the Government under this Act comes into force upon its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on a later date indicated in the regulation, or by order of the Government.
Such regulation shall prevail over any municipal by-law relating to the same object, unless the municipal by-law has been approved by the Minister, in which case the latter prevails to the extent determined by the Minister. Notice of the approval shall be published without delay in the Gazette officielle du Québec.
The Minister may amend or cancel any approval granted under the fifth paragraph in the case where the Government makes a new regulation relating to a matter contemplated by a municipal by-law already approved. Notice of the decision of the Minister shall be published without delay in the Gazette officielle du Québec.
1972, c. 49, s. 124; 1982, c. 25, s. 20; 1984, c. 29, s. 24.