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{{Main|Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006}} |
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In early 2006 the [[Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill]] was introduced to Parliament. This Bill, if enacted as introduced, would have enabled Government ministers to amend or repeal any legislation (including the L&RR Bill itself), subject to vague and highly subjective restraints, by decree and without recourse to Parliament. The Bill was variously described as the "Abolition of Parliament Bill"<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/who-wants-the-abolition-of-parliament-bill-hx2c6fx3w9h |title=Who wants the Abolition of Parliament Bill? |first=David |last=Howarth |work=The Times |date=21 February 2006}}</ref> and "of first-class constitutional significance ... [and would] markedly alter the respective and long standing roles of minister and Parliament in the legislative process".<ref>{{cite news |first=Daniel |last=Finkelstein |title=How I woke up to a nightmare plot to steal centuries of law and liberty |url = https://www.thetimes.com/article/how-i-woke-up-to-a-nightmare-plot-to-steal-centuries-of-law-and-liberty-jl883wvx5nn|work=[[The Times]] |date=15 February 2006 |access-date=16 January 2007 |location=London }}</ref> The Bill was, in essence, an Enabling Act in all but name. After some amendment by the government and Lords, the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill received [[Royal Assent]] on 8 November 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/regulation/news/2006/061109.asp |title=Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill receives Royal Assent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211104109/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/regulation/news/2006/061109.asp |archive-date=11 December 2006 |id=Press release CAB066/06 |author=[[Cabinet Office]] |date=8 November 2006}}</ref> Amendments included removing its ability to modify itself or the [[Human Rights Act 1998]]; most of the other modifications were much more subjectively defined. |
In early 2006 the [[Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill]] was introduced to Parliament. This Bill, if enacted as introduced, would have enabled Government ministers to amend or repeal any legislation (including the L&RR Bill itself), subject to vague and highly subjective restraints, by decree and without recourse to Parliament. The Bill was variously described as the "Abolition of Parliament Bill"<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/who-wants-the-abolition-of-parliament-bill-hx2c6fx3w9h |title=Who wants the Abolition of Parliament Bill? |first=David |last=Howarth |work=The Times |date=21 February 2006}}</ref> and "of first-class constitutional significance ... [and would] markedly alter the respective and long standing roles of minister and Parliament in the legislative process".<ref>{{cite news |first=Daniel |last=Finkelstein |title=How I woke up to a nightmare plot to steal centuries of law and liberty |url = https://www.thetimes.com/article/how-i-woke-up-to-a-nightmare-plot-to-steal-centuries-of-law-and-liberty-jl883wvx5nn|work=[[The Times]] |date=15 February 2006 |access-date=16 January 2007 |location=London }}</ref> The Bill was, in essence, an Enabling Act in all but name. After some amendment by the government and Lords, the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill received [[Royal Assent]] on 8 November 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/regulation/news/2006/061109.asp |title=Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill receives Royal Assent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211104109/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/regulation/news/2006/061109.asp |archive-date=11 December 2006 |id=Press release CAB066/06 |author=[[Cabinet Office]] |date=8 November 2006}}</ref> Amendments included removing its ability to modify itself or the [[Human Rights Act 1998]]; most of the other modifications were much more subjectively defined. |
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=== European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 === |
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{{Main|European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018}} |
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The [[European Union (Withdrawal) Bill]] of 2017, also known as the Great Repeal Bill, has come under fire from critics because it envisions giving the [[Government of the United Kingdom]] unprecedented powers to rewrite any aspect of [[Law of the United Kingdom|British laws]] imported from [[European Union law]] when [[Brexit|Britain leaves the EU]], without consulting Parliament. Such powers, effected by clauses called [[Henry VIII clauses]], have been controversially used in the past, but usually only in respect of very limited areas of law. |
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== United States == |
== United States == |