enabling act

• delegated legislation - law made by some person or body other than parliament but with authority of parliament

  
  

  reason for this - legislative process is lengthy + parliament doesn't have time - to go through it

  
  

  parliaments authority - to make delegated legislation - laid down in the 'parent' act - known as the enabling act

  
  

  enabling act creates a framework of the law and then delegates powers to other to make detailed law in the area.
• three types of delegated legislation:

  1. by - laws - made by local authority
  2. statutory interpretation - made by government ministers
  3. orders in council - made by the kind and privy council