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Explain how and why parliament delegates its law making powers to others.B) Discuss the disadvantages of parliament delegating its law making powers to others.  

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Delegated Legislation In this essay I will be looking at the following questions below. A) Explain how and why parliament delegates its law making powers to others. B) Discuss the disadvantages of parliament delegating its law making powers to others. Delegated Legislation is used to create the detailed rules of many statutes created by parliament. When statutes are passed, they only lay down a basic framework for the law - so they often need to be delegated to government departments, local authorities, or public or nationalized bodies, which oversee the day to day operation of the legislation. When the legislation is delegated to these institutions, the statute is known as a as a 'parent'or an enabling act, and the delegated legislation has the same legal force and effect as the Act of Parliament under which it is enacted. There are three types of delegated legislation are as following: 1. Statutory instruments are made by government...

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