Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006

This page is part of the campaign to Save the Epping Forest Act.

The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 essentially gives any Minister the power to amend any piece of legislation as they please.

Description in Wikipedia

See here for notes on opposition to this Act in 2006.

0.1  Main points

• The purported purpose of the 2006 Act was to remove regulatory burdens and simplify legislation. It has been used about twenty times to make uncontroversial technical adjustments of this kind, but never before to remove the principal function of a whole Act of Parliament.

0.2  Commons Committee

House of Commons Regulatory Reform Committee.

The members of the Committee were appointed on 26 July 2010.

• Mr Robert Syms (Chair) Conservative,
• Heidi Alexander Labour,
• Mr David Anderson Labour,
• Andrew Bridgen Conservative,
• Jack Dromey Labour,
• Lilian Greenwood Labour,
• Ben Gummer Conservative,
• Gordon Henderson Conservative,
• John Hemming Liberal Democrats,
• Andrew Jones Conservative,
• Ian Lavery Labour,
• Brandon Lewis Conservative,
• Andrew Percy Conservative,
• Valerie Vaz Labour.

Contacts:

• John Whatley - Clerk of the Committee, 020 7219 2830, whatleyj@parliament.uk
• John-Paul Flaherty - Inquiry Manager, 020 7219 4404, flahertyj@parliament.uk
• Liz Booth - Committee Assistant, 020 7219 2837, boothl@parliament.uk,
• Committee Fax: 020 7219 2441, regrefcom@parliament.uk

0.3  Lords Committee

House of Lords Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee.

• Baroness Andrews (Lab),
• Lord Blackwell (Con),
• Rt Hon. the Lord Butler of Brockwell (Cross),
• Lord Carlile of Berriew QC (Lib Dem),
• Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Con),
• Lord Haskel (Lab),
• Rt Hon. the Lord Mayhew of Twysden QC DL (Con),
• Baroness O’Loan (Cross),
• Lord Soley (Lab),
• Baroness Thomas of Winchester (Chairman) (Lib Dem).

telephone: 020 7219 3103, fax: 020 7219 2571, email: dprr@parliament.uk

0.4  Previous Legislative Reform Orders

List of reports

• Civil Partnerships, 2010: Allowed locally engaged officials approved by the Secretary of State to conduct civil partnership registrations, as is already permitted in the case of marriages conducted overseas.
• Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions, 2010: 14 proposals for reform of the law relating to industrial and provident societies (IPSs) and credit unions, six relating to IPSs and eight relating to credit unions.
• Licensing (Interim Authority Notices etc), 2010: Transfer of alcohol licences after the death of a publican, etc.
• Dangerous Wild Animals (Licensing), 2010.
• Prescribed Form of Penalty Notice for Disorderly Behaviour, 2009.
• Insolvency (Miscellaneous Provisions), 2009.
• Limited Partnerships, 2009.
• Minor Variations to Premises Licences and Club Premises Certificates, 2009.
• Local Government (Animal Health Functions), 2009.
• Supervision of Alcohol Sales in Church and Village Halls, 2009.
• Insolvency (Advertising Requirements), 2009.
• Verification of Weighing and Measuring Equipment, 2008.
• Lloyd’s, 2008.
• Local Authority Consent Requirements (England and Wales), 2008.
• Consumer Credit, 2008.
• Health and Safety Executive, 2008.
• Deer (England and Wales), 2007.
• Game, 2007.
• Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, 2007.
• Collaboration etc. between Ombudsmen, 2007.
• Agricultural Tenancies (England and Wales), 2006.
• Registered Designs, 2006.
• Fire Safety Subordinate Provisions, 2006.

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