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Category: Legislation

  • Enactment

    Enactment Definition Enactment may be defined as: the process (the act of enacting, to change into law of a document) by which an act, statute or regulation is agreed upon and made official (by being given the Royal assent or otherwise passed) by a legislative branch of government or law-making body (Parliament, Government, Administrative body),…

  • Conservation of Legislation

    Conservation of Legislation In the United Kigdom, a number of government commissions and parliamentary committees have attempted to revise and reorganise the statute book: •One Act of 1867 alone repealed over 1300 statutes. •In 1875 a select committee was appointed to consider “whether any and what means can be adopted to improve the manner and…

  • Acts Structure

    Acts Structure Acts regular structure in former British Colonies Legislation in the United Kingdom is similar in many ways to the legislation of the UK and most other jurisdictions that are former British colonies, including “Australian jurisdictions, Canada and its provinces, and the United States. All Acts are divided into numbered sections (subordinate legislation variously…

  • Health Insurance Legislation

    Health Insurance Legislation See Also Maritime Insurance, Historical Health Law Contents List of Insurance Law e-Journals Medical Insurance Law Insurance Law Contents Insurance Regulations Insurance Law Health Insurance Legislation Maritime Insurance, Historical Index to Subject Matter of Victorian Legislation

  • History of Working Time

    History of Working Time Regulations History of Working Time until 1920 The decade following 1910 witnessed a rapid advance and extension in the already widespread movement in favour of the reduction of the hours of labour. This was mainly due, apart from general trade-union pressure, firstly to the repercussions of the World War and of…

  • History of Labor Legislation

    History of Labor Legislation Introduction In comparing legislation affecting factories, mines, shops and truck in the chief industrial countries of the continent with that of Great Britain, it is essential to a just view that inquiry should be extended beyond the codes themselves to the general social order and system of law and administration in…

  • Guides to Sources of Basic Legislation

    Guides to Sources of Basic Legislation Sources of Legislation in Scotland Scottish law recognises four sources of law: legislation, legal precedent, academic writings and custom. Legislation affecting Scotland may be passed by the Scottish Parliament, the Parliament of the United Kingdom(House of Commons and the House of Lords) or The European Union (European Commission, Council…

  • Pure Consolidation

    Pure Consolidation A “pure” consolidation does not change the law, but simply re-enacts the body of legislation in a more accessible form, bringing together law on the same topic that was previously contained in other legislation, and enabling redrafting and reorganisation of a specific legislation (like an Act) to make its content clearer. Conclusion Notes…

  • Consequential Amendment

    Consequential Amendment A Consequential amendment is, in some countries, an amendment to an enactment that is required merely as a consequence of a substantive provision. Consequential amendments are needed to ensure that the whole of the body of law ( Statute Book ) is consistent with the substantive changes proposed. Conclusion Notes See Also References…

  • Statute Book

    The “statute book”, in some countries like New Zealand, is the existing body of law set out in Acts of Parliament. Conclusion Notes See Also References and Further Reading About the Author/s and Reviewer/s Author: international Mentioned in these Entries Consequential Amendment, Curnin’s Index, Index to the 1908 NZ Consolidated Statutes, Law quotes 3, Linked…

  • Savings Provisions (Legislation)

    Savings Provisions (Legislation) Savings provisions are provisions included in legislation (for example, an Act) in order to preserve or save a right, privilege, or obligation that would otherwise be repealed or cease to exist once the Act is in force. Conclusion Notes See Also References and Further Reading About the Author/s and Reviewer/s Author: international

  • United States Style Codes

    United States Style Codes A code (in the United States style code) is a compilation of all the Acts of a jurisdiction, arranged in a logical and ordered form under subject headings. The Statutory Codes of Common law Countries In some Common law countries, like New Zealand, the word “code” has a quite different sense.…

  • Index to the Revised Statutes of Canada

    Index to the Revised Statutes of Canada the Revised Statutes of Canada 1985 is made up of eight volumes, a further five volumes of supplements published since 1985, and one volume of appendices. There is also a single-volume index to the Revised Statutes of Canada, published in 1991. (1) While the index is not up-to-date,…

  • United Kingdom Index to the Statutes

    United Kingdom Index to the Statutes An official index to United Kingdom legislation was produced in that jurisdiction from 1870 until 1991. (1) The most recent edition of the United Kingdom Stationery office produced Index to the Statutes covers the legislation issued during the period to 31 december 1990. The Stationery office’s website indicates that…

  • United States Code Annotated

    United States Code Annotated United States Code Annotated, Index United States Code Annotated is is a commercially produced subject index to the federal Acts of the United States of America, officialy called the General Index of the United States Code Annotated (USCA). The USCA is an unofficial version of the code and is arranged in…