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'''Delegated legislation''' (also referred to as '''secondary legislation''' or '''subordinate legislation''' or '''subsidiary legislation''') is [[law]] made by an executive authority under powers given to them by [[primary legislation]] in order to implement and administer the requirements of that primary legislation. It is law made by a person or body other than the [[legislature]] but with the legislature's authority. |
'''Delegated legislation''' (also referred to as '''secondary legislation''' or '''subordinate legislation''' or '''subsidiary legislation''') is [[law]] made by an executive authority under powers given to them by [[primary legislation]] in order to implement and administer the requirements of that primary legislation. It is law made by a person or body other than the [[legislature]] but with the legislature's authority. |
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The most important forms of delegated legislation are as follow: |
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Statutory instruments: most enabling acts whcih give ministers and civil servants power to enact deligated legislation,stipulates that the power in question are to be exercises in the form of departmental regulations or order.these are known collectively as statutory instruments |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Delegated legislation (also referred to as secondary legislation or subordinate legislation or subsidiary legislation) is law made by an executive authority under powers given to them by primary legislation in order to implement and administer the requirements of that primary legislation. It is law made by a person or body other than the legislature but with the legislature's authority.
See also
- Delegated legislation in the United Kingdom
- Statutory Instrument (UK)
- Statutory Instrument
- Executive order (United States)
- United States administrative law
- Rulemaking
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