(1) Rules may -
(a) make different provision for different purposes;
(b) make provision subject to exceptions or exemptions;
(c) contain incidental, supplemental, consequential or transitional provision;
(d) authorise the Panel to dispense with or modify the application of rules in particular cases and by reference to any circumstances.
Rules made by virtue of paragraph (d) must require the Panel to give reasons for acting as mentioned in that paragraph.
(2) Rules must be made by an instrument in writing.
(3) Immediately after an instrument containing rules is made, the text must be made available to the public, with or without payment, in whatever way the Panel thinks appropriate.
(4) A person is not to be taken to have contravened a rule if he shows that at the time of the alleged contravention the text of the rule had not been made available as required by subsection (3).
(5) The production of a printed copy of an instrument purporting to be made by the Panel on which is endorsed a
…