General New Vocab Flashcards
Leitmotiv
Leading motive
Apartheid (aparthayd)
(in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race;
segregation on grounds other than race
hereof
of this document
in so far
to such extent
thereof
of the thing just mentioned
delegated (or secondary) legislation
made by a person (e.g. minister) or body to whom Parliament, via an enabling Act, has delegated law-making powers.
types of delegated legislation
statutory instruments and byelaws
5 forms of statutory instruments
Order in Council (by the monarch and Privy Council)
Order of Council (The Privy Council)
Order (Gov Minister)
Rules (Gov Minister)
Regulations (Gov Minister)
Purpose of Order in Council
Constitutional change - such as increasing the PM’s power
Purpose of Order of Council
Approval of the rules of a professional body, such as the General Optical Council
Purpose of Order (SI)
an executive power - such as bringing an Act into force on a specific date
Purpose of Rules (SI)
defining a procedural matter, such as how the courts should operate
Purpose of Regulations (SI)
Substantive law, often technical, such as the permitted amount of volatile organic compounds in paint
Byelaws
Made by local authorities, such as district councils, or Environment Agency.
Geographically restricted in their effect to the area(s) or property controlled or owned by the maker of the byelaw.
E.g. a byelaw might prohibit people from riding bicyles in a park, or from dropping litter on the platform at a railway station.
intra vires
‘within the powers’
refer to legislation that falls within specifc-law making powers enabled by an Act
