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Parliament Explained:Delegated LegislationJoanna Welham
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What is delegated legislation?
• Usually:
– Made by a Minister
– Using powers granted by an Act of Parliament
– Called a Statutory Instrument (over 3,000 a year) (Order/Regulations/Rules/Scheme)
• But there are exceptions
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Laying Before Parliament
• All instruments subject to procedure (and some not subject) must be laid
• Two copies to each House, with covering letters, delivered by hand to Commons Journal Office and Lords Printed Paper Office– Some financial SIs are only laid in the Commons
• SIs must pass through Registrar’s system on Legislation.gov.uk before laying
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JCSI – scrutiny on form• Looks at all affirmatives and negatives, and general (i.e. not
local) no-procedure instruments
• Considers drafting; unexpected use of powers; whether rules on timing have been complied with and various other grounds set out in Standing Orders
• Does not look at policy or merits
• Draws instruments to the attention of both Houses
• Lords scrutiny reserve: SI cannot be debated in Lords until the Committee has reported on it. No such reserve in the Commons
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Parliamentary Control
• Set out in the enabling Act. It can be
– Affirmative (Parliament needs to say yes)
– Negative (Parliament can say no within a set time period)
– No procedure (but may still engage Parliament)
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Commons Procedure - Affirmatives
• Government lays SI and tables motion to approve it
• SI automatically referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee
• DL Committee Considers SI for 1½ hours on motion “that the Committee has considered the instrument” (2½ hours for a N Ireland SI)
• Motion to approve then taken forthwith in House
• Alternatively SI debated for 1½ hours on the floor of the House
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Commons Procedure - Negatives
• Member tables a “prayer”
• Government may refer the SI to a DL Committee
• DL Committee considers instrument on neutral motion
• Normally no further action (occasionally the Opposition puts a debated SI down for a forthwith vote on an Opposition Day)
• Instruments are very rarely annulled
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Where to get help
• Contact the Journal Office: [email protected]/020 7219 3310/3317 – Guidance at
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/laying-papers.pdf
• Contact JCSI: [email protected]
• Contact Registrar: [email protected]