Legislation

Question 1

What are the 8 (sometimes 9) components of legislation?

Answer 1

1. The title
2. the Citation (goes directly below the title)
3. the long title
4. date of Royal Assent
5. Enacting formula
6. Main body
7. commencement and Expiry
8. extent
   9.schedules

Question 2

What composes the citation of a piece of legislation?

Answer 2

Each act passed in any clander year is given its own number, sort of like a tag, this is known as the chapter number.

Question 3

What composed of the long title/ (3rd component of a legislative document)

Answer 3

a long statement that gives an indication of its purpose and content.

Question 4

what is the enacting formula?

Answer 4

the fifth component of legislation that is essentially a statement declaring the bill has passed through the correct legislative process and has the authority to become law.

Question 5

What are the 8 components of a statutory instrument

Answer 5

1. citation
2. subject matter
3. title
4. date made
5. authority
6. Authority
7. Minister
8. Explanatory note