Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

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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 HL Bill 109—EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

The Lord Bassam of Brighton 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

Order-making powers

Powers

1

Power to remove or reduce burdens

2

Power to promote regulatory principles

3

Power to implement Law Commission recommendations

Restrictions

4

Preconditions

5

Subordinate legislation

6

Taxation

7

Criminal penalties

8

Forcible entry etc

9

Excepted enactments

10

Scotland

11

Northern Ireland

12

Wales

Procedure

13

Procedure: introductory

14

Consultation

15

Draft order and explanatory document laid before Parliament

16

Determination of Parliamentary procedure

17

Negative resolution procedure

18

Affirmative resolution procedure

19

Super-affirmative resolution procedure

General

20

Calculation of time periods

21

Combination with powers under European Communities Act 1972

22

Interpretation of Part 1

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Part 2

Regulators

Exercise of regulatory functions

23

Principles

24

Code of practice

25

Code of practice: procedure

Supplementary

26

Functions to which sections 23 and 24 apply

Part 3

Legislation relating to the European Communities etc

Interpretation of legislation

27

References to Community instruments

28

EEA agreement and EEA state

Implementation of Community obligations etc

29

Power to make orders, rules and schemes

30

Power to make ambulatory references to Community instruments

31

Combination of powers

Part 4

Supplementary and general

Supplementary

32

Repeals and savings

33

Consequential amendments

General

34

General interpretation

35

Commencement

36

Extent

37

Short title

Schedule   —

Repeals

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