Clause 26 - Power to make orders, rules and schemes
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
2:00 pm
Jim Murphy (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Cabinet Office; East Renfrewshire, Labour)
By way of information for the hon. Gentleman, schemes normally prescribe overall plans for the attainment of objectives described in general terms. I accept that that is very technical, and I know that the hon. Gentleman accepts that. Rules usually deal more with procedural matters, such as the procedures of a court of tribunal. Volume 6, paragraph 1500 of “Halsbury’s Laws of England”says:
“the contents of rules, regulations and orders are, in fact, often indistinguishable in nature.”