Delegated Legislation

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Flashcards on Delegated Legislation, created by thornamelia on 02/05/2015.
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What is delegated legislation? The power granted by parliament which allows other people to make acts, i.e. the queen and privy council.
The three types of Delegated legislation - Orders in Council - Statutory instruments - Bylaws.
Orders in council Made by; The queen and privy council. - Allows the queen and her privy council to make acts in emergency times, when parliament are not sitting. Under; Emergency powers act.
Statutory Instruments Made by; Government ministers of relevant departments. - Allows the government ministers to create acts according to their specific knowledge. For example; it allows the secretary of state for transport to make changes to the legislation on helmet usage.
Bylaws Made by; Local authorities. - Allows them to make laws for their specific areas. For example; train companies can make rules on the conduct of passengers.
Why its necessary - Parliament don't have enough time- roughly three thousand statutory instruments alone are made each year. - Parliament don't have the knowledge necessary to make many legislation. - Parliament can't make all the legislations- one parliamentary act takes an average of 6 months to make.
Controls on Delegated legislation - Affirmative resolution. - Negative resolution - Ultra vires. -Scrutiny committee.
Affirmative resolution - A statute is laid before parliament, and if after forty days, no member of parliament has put in an argument about it, it will be put into action.
Affirmative resolution For statutory instruments, the legislation has to be approved before it can be made into an act.
Ultra vires Substantive ultra vires- If the act is seen to be unreasonable, or goes beyond the powers granted by parliament, it can be declared void and unenforceable by the courts. Procedural ultra vires - If the act has not been made following the correct procedure- i.e. not consulting the correct involved parties, it can be declared void and unenforceable by the courts.
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