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Delegated Legislation

– in the House of Commons at 10:00 pm on 23 November 2009.

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Ordered,

That the Non-Domestic Rating (Deferred Payments) (England) Regulations 2009 (S.I., 2009, No. 1597), dated 30 June 2009, be referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee.- ( Mr. Frank Roy .)

Delegated Legislation

Delegated legislation is law made by ministers under powers deriving from Acts of Parliament.

Thousands of pieces of delegated legislation, commonly known as statutory instruments, are passed by Parliament each year.

They enable the government to make minor, technical changes to the law without having to introduce a whole new Act of Parliament.