(1) An appropriate Minister may make regulations ("suspending regulations") providing that -
(a) while the suspending regulations have effect, or
a specified prohibition or requirement of regulations under section 1 is not to have effect.
(2) In this section "specified" means specified in the suspending regulations.
(3) A period specified under subsection (1)(b) may be expressed in any way, including, for example, being expressed in a way such that -
(a) the period begins, or ends, when a specified condition is met, or
(b) the period begins when a specified condition is met and lasts for so long as the suspending regulations or a specified provision of those regulations has effect.