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Becoming an Act of Parliament.  

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Sources of Law-Assignment 1 Parliament consists of three distinct elements; the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Monarch. Before any legislative proposal, known at that stage as a Bill can become an Act of Parliament it must proceed through, and be approved by both Houses of Parliament and must receive the Royal Assent. Delegated legislation is of particular importance. Generally speaking, delegated legislation is law made by some person or body to whom Parliament has delegated its general law making power. Delegated legislation has the same degree of legal force and effect as the Act of Parliament under which it was enacted. During the course of this essay I will compose an evaluation of both, the legislative process and delegated legislation, highlighting their relative merits and limitations within the English legal system today. When a Bill is introduced to the House of Commons, it...

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