Question 20
LegislatureDelegated legislation
- A.means sharing responsibility between central and local government on a fifty fifty basis
- B.decentralizes responsibility for law making subject to agreed controls from the centre
- C.has advantages and disadvantages
- D.once permitted is almost impossible to control
- E.decentralizes problems without providing suitable solutions
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: B (decentralizes responsibility for law making subject to agreed controls from the centre)
Explanation
With delegated legislation, parliament passes some law-making work to ministers, local councils and other bodies, but it keeps control over how they use that power.