(1) The Minister may make regulations for carrying section 118 into effect.
(2) The regulations may, in particular, prescribe any of the following:
(a) the form of certificates granted under that section;
(b) the rates or scales of payment of any fees, costs or other expenses payable out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas under those certificates;
(c) the manner in which solicitors and counsel are to be assigned under those certificates.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2)(b) shall not be made without the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
(4) Pending the making of regulations under this section, the regulations under section 10 of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962 apply and have effect, with the necessary modifications, in relation to certificates for free legal aid granted under section 118 of this Act as if they were certificates for free legal aid granted under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962.