JAMB Government 1980 Question 20

Question 20

Legislature

Delegated legislation

  1. A.means sharing responsibility between central and local government on a fifty fifty basis
  2. B.decentralizes responsibility for law making subject to agreed controls from the centre
  3. C.has advantages and disadvantages
  4. D.once permitted is almost impossible to control
  5. 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.