After section 76 of the Emergency Management Act 2013 insert —
(1) Regulations made under section 76 may apply, adopt or incorporate by reference any document formulated or published by a person or body, whether—
(a) without modification or as modified by the regulations; or
(b) as formulated or published on or before the date when the regulations are made; or
(c) as formulated or published from time to time.
(2) Regulations made under section 76 may be made—
(a) so as to apply—
(i) at all times or at a specified time; or
(ii) throughout the whole of the State or in a specified part of the State;
(b) so as to require a matter affected by the regulations to be—
(i) in accordance with a specified standard or a specified requirement; or
(ii) approved by or to the satisfaction of a specified person;
(c) so as to confer a discretionary authority on a specified person;
(d) so as to provide, in a specified case or class of case, for the exemption of persons or things or a class of persons or a class of things from any of the provisions of the regulations—
(i) whether unconditionally or on specified conditions; and
(ii) either wholly or to the extent specified in the regulations.".