KEY CASES/ STATUTES/EXAMPLES (Law Making)📚

Question 1

Private members bill

Answer 1

abortion bill 1967
brought by David Steel MP legalised abortion under certain conditions. The act allowed for exceptions to the illegality of abortion by permitting doctors to carry out abortions under certain circumstances.

Question 2

Private members bill

Answer 2

marriage act 1994
Introduced as a private member’s bill by Gyles Brandreth, it amended the Marriage Act 1949 to allow civil marriages to be solemnized in certain “approved premises”.

Question 3

Ten minute rule

Answer 3

bail amendment act 1993
An Act to confer upon the prosecution a right of appeal against decisions to grant bail.

Question 4

Public Bill

Answer 4

Legal services act 2007
sets out “regulatory objectives” that the regulators, the Office for Legal Complaints and the Legal Services Board are under a duty to observe when exercising their functions.

Question 5

Public Bill

Answer 5

dangerous Dogs Act 1991

Question 6

Public Bill

Answer 6

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

Question 7

Public Bill

Answer 7

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

Question 8

Public Bill

Answer 8

Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006

Question 9

Sectional Pressure Group

Answer 9

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI)

Question 10

Causal pressure groups

Answer 10

Campaign for Freedom of Information, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and Liberty, which campaigns for the protection of civil liberties.