Types of Delegated Legislation AQA
- Created by: A Howells
- Created on: 07-03-17 13:25
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- Delegated Legislation
- Law made by a person or body other than Parliament under an Enabling Act
- By-Laws
- Local Authorities
- Under Local Government Act 1972
- Laws concerning their area
- Traffic, parking, waste. etc
- Clean Neighbourhoods & Environment Act - poop scoop areas
- Traffic, parking, waste. etc
- Laws concerning their area
- Under Local Government Act 1972
- Public Corporations
- British Airways, London Underground
- Can regulate behaviour on their premises e.g. banning smoking on underground
- Boddington v British Transport Police - D fined under a by-law for smoking on a train
- Can regulate behaviour on their premises e.g. banning smoking on underground
- British Airways, London Underground
- Local Authorities
- Orders in Council
- Made by Queen and Privy Council under an EA or the royal prereogative
- PM and Leading members of the government
- Give effect to EU Directives
- Emergency Legislation under Emergency Powers Act 1920 and Civil Contingencies Act 2004
- e.g. during fuel crisis in 2001
- Terrorism Order 2001
- Transfer responsibility between government departments, e.g. creation of Ministry of Justice
- Reclassifying cannabis from Class B to Class C under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1974
- Made by Queen and Privy Council under an EA or the royal prereogative
- Statutory Instruments
- Most common form of DL - 3,000 per year
- Rules and regulations made by government departments
- Introduction of National Curriculum under Education Reform Act 1988
- Lord Chancellor can issue guidance on how to appoint judges under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005
- Used to update law, e.g. regularly increasing minimum wage under the Minimum Wage Act 1998
- Many made under Statutory Instruments Act 1948
- Rules and regulations made by government departments
- Most common form of DL - 3,000 per year
- By-Laws
- Law made by a person or body other than Parliament under an Enabling Act
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