LEGAL WORD
Delegated legislation
Legal term · Administrative law
Delegated legislation
- Type: Legal term
- Area of law: Administrative law
1 What it means
Rules and regulations made by the executive under power given by an Act.
2 Use it in a sentence
Delegated legislation cannot go beyond the parent Act.
3 Make it stick
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