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 legislationprocess
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
