(1) An order under section 23(4) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly.
(2) If an order under section 23(4) is annulled pursuant to subsection (1) the determination made by the Authority under section 22(3) in relation to the media merger concerned shall, notwithstanding section 23 (9) but without prejudice to the right of appeal under section 24, have effect.