The specific duties of the Commission shall be concerned with administering the civil service program as provided in this article. It shall be the specific responsibility of the Commission to prepare and adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Charter, such rules and regulations to be adopted as soon as practicable, and in any case within six months of the date this Charter becomes effective. All general rules and regulations of the Commission, whether required by this article or not, shall be approved by the Council before becoming effective.