(1) Subject to subsection (3), where a report has been prepared under section 45C(2), the Government may, at the request of the Minister and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, make an order -

(a) providing that, with effect from such date as may be specified in the order -

(i) step I of paragraph 2A of Part 1A of Schedule 1 and step K of paragraph 2A of Part 2A of that Schedule shall have effect as if such lower percentages as may be specified in the order were substituted for the percentages for the time being specified in those steps of those paragraphs, or

(ii) Parts 1A and 2A of Schedule 1 shall have effect as if they had not been amended by section 84(1) and (2) of the Act of 2022,

or