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Explain how and why Parliament delegates its law making powers to others. Use examples to illustrate your answer. Certain Acts of Parliament can give the Government ministers or other authorities the power to control administration by secondary legislation, alternately known as delegated legislation, or subordinate legislation. This is done in three ways; Orders in Council, Bye Laws and Regulations and Rules known as Statutory Instruments. Powers such as these are only delegated to authorities directly accountable to Parliament. This is to decrease any possibility that delegating powers to the executive might undermine Parliament's authority. Parliament have the opportunity to affirm or annul certain Acts if it is relevant to them, and so despite the law making being delegated, certain Acts occasionally need a certain amount of direct parliamentary control over proposed delegated legislation. Parliament always has the right to consider whether the Statutory Instrument is made in agreement with the powers that...

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