Advantages of the Legislative Process

Question 1

What are the advantages of the legislative process?

Answer 1

• Democratic.
• Acts of Parliament can reform whole areas of law in one Act.
• Acts of Parliament can also set broad policies and give power to others to make detailed rules.
• Before a Bill is presented to Parliament there will have been consultation on the proposed changes to the law.

Question 2

How is the legislative process democratic?

Answer 2

• Parliamentary-made law is made by our elected representatives, making it democratic.
• Parliament is answerable to the electorate, as a general election is required at least once every 5 years.
• A government can be voted out of office if it has no performed as the electorate expected.

Question 3

What is the advantage of whole areas of law being able to be reformed in one Act?

Answer 3

• Makes law simpler to find.

Question 4

What Act was reformed in order to make law simpler? How did it do this?

Answer 4

• The Fraud Act 2006.
• Abolished all the old offences of deception and fraud.
• Created newer and simpler structure of offences.

Question 5

What is the advantage of Acts of Parliament setting broad policies and giving power to others to make detailed rules?

Answer 5

• The general structure is laid down by Parliament.
• Also allows greater detial in the law than if it was just contained in an Act of Parliament.

Question 6

What is the advantage of a consultation on the proposed changes to the law happening before a Bill is presented to Parliament?

Answer 6

• Allows the government to take into consideration subjections and objectiond to the proposals.