Select Committee on Regulatory Reform First Report

4  Conclusion: vires and desirability

51. We conclude that the Proposal for the Regulatory Reform Order (Joint Nature Conservation Committee) Order 2005 is within the vires of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 and that Defra has made a convincing case for the desirability of making the Order.

52. We consider that a draft Order amended as described at paragraph 47 should be laid before the House.

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Prepared 9 December 2004