Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Types of Delegated Legislation
- Orders in Council
- Queen and
Privy Council
- Matters
- Giving legal effect to
European Directives
- Transferring responsibility
between government
departments
- Bringing Acts of
Parliament into force
- Makes emergency laws under
the Civil Contingencies Act
2004
- Usually when
Parliament
isn't sitting
- Foot and
Mouth Crisis
- Can be used to make
other types of law
- 2003, used to alter the
Misuse of Drugs Act
1971 to make cannabis a
class c drug (5 years
later changed back to
class b)
- Must be an Enabling Act to
make orders in council
- E.g. Constitutional Reform
Act 2005, allowed Privy
Council to alter the number
of judges in the Supreme
Court
- Statutory Instruments
- Made by
Government
Ministers
- Given authority to make
regulations for areas under
their particular responsibilities
- There are 15 government
departments
- Can be very short
covering one point
- E.g. making the annual
change to minimum wage
- May be long with detailed
regulations which are too
complex to include in an Act
of Parliament
- Examples
- Chemicals (Hazard
Information and Package
for Supply) Regulations
2009
- Police codes of
practice in relation to
such powers as stop
and search, arrest
and detention.
- Over 3,000
made a year
- By-laws
- Local authorities
to cover matters
for their area
- E.g. County
Council pass
laws on whole
county and
Town councils
only on the
town
- Often involve
traffic control
- E.g. Parking
Restrictions
- Banning drinking
in public places
- Banning people from
riding bikes in public
places
- Can also be made by
public corporations
and certain companies
- Matters in their
jurisdiction which
involves the
public
- British Airports Authority
and the railways can enforce
rules about public behaviour
on their premises