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Chapter 43: Delegated legislation

Chapter 43: Delegated legislation

pp. 666-684

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, La Trobe University, Victoria, , University of Western Australia, Perth,
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Summary

[43.1] Most Acts include a section empowering the making of other instruments under the Act. Such instruments, when of a legislative character, are known as delegated legislation. A wide variety of terms is used across Australian jurisdictions to describe delegated legislation.

Keywords

  • Delegated Legislation
  • ordinary principles
  • retrospective operation
  • terms
  • enabling Act
  • validity
  • unauthorised purposes
  • sub-delegation

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