"Delegated legislation, subordinate legislation, the powers given to the Executive and the Public Service to make regulations, are an extremely important part of modern administration and lawmaking " Bill Hayden - Discuss.
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"Delegated legislation, subordinate legislation, the powers given to the Executive and the Public Service to make regulations, are an extremely important part of modern administration and lawmaking..." Bill Hayden 1 Bill Hayden describes what secondary legislation is. Bodies that are sanctioned to do so by parliament produce it. These bodies can be anything from public corporations to government departments e.g. Privy Council or District councils. Powers are given to them and they act within these powers to create statutory instruments, orders in council and by-laws e.g. Local authorities may have statutory powers to deal with traffic control and railway safety etc. Secondary legislation lays down the law of primary legislation in more detail. This is an advantage as it means that those with technical expertise and knowledge of a particular matter can fill in the details. It also saves parliamentary time so that parliament can deal with other matters and concerns. Parliament just...

