Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

House of Commons

Session 2005 - 06
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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Cabinet Office, are published

separately as Bill 111—EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Mr Jim Murphy has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the

Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill are

compatible with the Convention rights.

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Contents

Part 1

Power to reform legislation etc

Order-making power

1

Purpose

2

Provision

3

Preconditions

Restrictions

4

Subordinate legislation

5

Taxation

6

Criminal penalties

7

Forcible entry etc

Devolution

8

Scotland

9

Wales

Procedure

10

Procedure: introductory

11

Consultation

12

Draft order and explanatory document laid before Parliament

13

Determination of Parliamentary procedure

14

Negative resolution procedure

15

Affirmative resolution procedure

16

Super-affirmative resolution procedure

General

17

Calculation of time periods

18

Interpretation of Part 1

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Part 2

Regulators

Exercise of regulatory functions

19

Principles

20

Code of practice

21

Code of practice: procedure

Supplementary

22

Functions to which sections 19 and 20 apply

23

“Regulatory functions”

Part 3

Legislation relating to the European Communities etc

Interpretation of legislation

24

References to Community instruments

25

EEA agreement and EEA state

Implementation of Community obligations etc

26

Power to make orders, rules and schemes

27

Power to make ambulatory references to Community instruments

Part 4

Supplementary and general

Supplementary

28

Repeals and savings

29

Consequential amendments

General

30

General interpretation

31

Commencement

32

Extent

33

Short title

Schedule   —

Repeals