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Rh :(c) any order of the Director for the cessation of any activity carried out on any facility, the destruction of any biological agent, inactivated biological agent or toxin at any facility, the decontamination of any facility or the closure or cordoning off of any facility, may appeal to the Minister in writing within such time as may be prescribed.

(2) The decision of the Minister shall be final.

(3) Notwithstanding any appeal, an order made by the Director for the cessation of any activity, or the closure or cordoning off of any facility, shall take effect from the date specified in the order, unless Minister otherwise directs.

General exemption

61. The Minister may, either permanently or for such period as he may think fit, exempt any person or premises or any class of persons or premises from all or any of the provisions of this Act.

Amendment of Schedules

62. The Minister may at any time, by order published in the Gazette, amend any Schedule.

Regulations

63.—(1) The Minister may make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for or with respect to all or any of the following matters:
 * (a) the regulation of the possession, storage, use, import, transfer, transportation and disposal of scheduled biological agents, inactivated scheduled biological agents and Fifth Schedule toxins, including—
 * (i) the imposition of duties and obligations of persons who possess, store, use, import, transfer, transport or dispose of such biological agents, inactivated biological agents and toxins; and