Principle of Delegated Legislation

  • Manoj Agarwal

Abstract

Delegated Legislation is an act of entrusting or enabling a person to act on behalf of the person who has granted him that power or to serve as an agent or delegate of that person. Delegated law is a concept that encompasses the large amount of legislation made under the jurisdiction of Acts of Parliaments by government agencies and the Governor-General, who assigns this authority to agencies. This form of law has also been referred to as Subordinate Legislation or Statutory Instruments since 2005. 'Delegated law' means that an official who is lower in the hierarchy of the Legislature or who is subordinate to the Legislature possesses legislative authority. Delegated statute, also referred to as an auxiliary statute, is an enactment made by an official or entity other than Parliament. Parliament may enable someone else or another body to enforce it by an Act of Parliament. An Act of Parliament creates a particular or specific rule structure which appears to include a description of the intent of the Act.

Published
2019-10-16
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Articles