controls on dl

• delegated legislation is checked by parliament to ensure this power is being used correctly
• parliament can ensure delegated laws will be made properly in the future using

  • enabling act
  • House of Lords delegated powers scrutiny committee
  • affirmative & negative resolution procedures
  • scrutiny committee
• enabling act


  parliament make sure that the enabling act is worded correctly, stating who exactly the law making power is delegated to, and the procedure to use it
• House of Lords delegated powers scrutiny committee


  bills that include sections that will delegate future law making power to gov ministers are checked during legislation process

  cannot make changes to bill but report their finding before bill reaches the committee stage of legislation process
• affirmative & negative resolution procedures


  enabling acts giving important powers to gov ministers to make statutory instruments may require parliament to vote before delegated legislation can be passed. parliament can make changes, must approve or annul
• negative resolution procedure


  parliament can cancel piece of delegated legislation within 40 days if MP puts forward motion to annul
• scrutiny committee


  checks all statutory instruments to ensure they've been made correctly