A consolidation bill is a bill introduced into the Parliament of the United Kingdom with the intention of consolidating several acts of Parliament or statutory instruments into a single act. Such bills simplify the statute book without significantly changing the state of the law, and are subject to an expedited Parliamentary procedure . Once enacted a consolidation bill becomes a consolidation act .
12-420: The Resale Prices Act 1964 (c. 58) was a consolidation Act which when passed, now considered all resale price agreements to be against public interest unless proven otherwise. Minimum resale price maintenance (MRPM) had ensured that retailers could only sell a product at a price determined by the manufacturer. The abolition of MRPM allowed such retailers to expand; for instance Comet Group transformed from
24-747: A particular subject often end up scattered over many years, and through the operation of clauses partially repealing or amending former acts, the specific meaning of the law regarding the subject becomes enveloped in intricate or contradictory expressions. For clarity, the law as expressed across many statutes is sometimes recast in a single statute, called a consolidation bill . By 1911, such bills had been passed dealing with subjects as diverse as customs , stamps and stamp duties, public health , weights and measures , sheriffs , coroners , county courts , housing, municipal corporations , libraries , trustees , copyhold , diseases of animals, merchant shipping, and friendly societies. These observations apply to
36-539: A small electrical retail chain in Yorkshire to a national discount retailer. The Resale Prices Act 1976 (c. 53) was repealed on 1 March 2000; UK competition law having been previously incorporated into the Competition Act 1998 . Consolidation Act The parliamentary practice of legislating only for small portions of a subject at a time can create undue complexity in statute law . Acts relating to
48-718: Is a consolidation Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that brings together parts of several other Acts dealing with the sentencing treatment of offenders and defaulters . It was drafted by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission . With amendments, it consolidated sentencing legislation previously spread across twelve separate Acts. Much of the Act has been repealed by
60-586: Is a consolidation act. The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6) is a consolidation act. No consolidation acts were passed in 1999. The Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17) and the Audit Commission Act 1998 (c 18) are consolidation acts. The Audit Commission Act 1998 primarily consolidated the provisions of Part III of the Local Government Finance Act 1982, along with certain other legislation relating to
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84-609: Is the Sentencing Act 2020 , which significantly replaced many acts in relation to sentencing including the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 . There are five categories of bill that qualify as consolidation bills: The first three categories now account for almost all consolidation bills. No consolidation acts were passed in 2008. The following are consolidation acts: No consolidation acts were passed in 2004. The European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002
96-612: The Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills , which may propose amendments to it. Subject to this, the Lords' third reading and all readings in the House of Commons are usually formalities and pass without debate. Most consolidation bills are proposed in the first instance by the Law Commission , and it is this prior consideration that gives rise to the expedited process afforded to these bills. Every consolidation bill proposed by
108-487: The public general acts of the legislature. On the other hand, in settling local acts , such as those relating to railway and canal enterprise, the legislature always inserted certain clauses founded on reasons of public policy applicable to the business in question. To avoid the necessity of constantly re-enacting the same principles in local acts, their common clauses were embodied in separate statutes, and their provisions are ordered to be incorporated in any local act of
120-548: The Audit Commission. The following are consolidation acts: The following are consolidation acts: The following are consolidation acts: The following are consolidation acts: The following are consolidation acts: The following are consolidation acts: The following are consolidation acts: The following are consolidation acts: The following acts are consolidation acts: The following are consolidation acts: The Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26)
132-475: The Law Commission has been passed by Parliament. Once a consolidation bill receives royal assent it becomes a consolidation act. An example of a consolidation act is the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 , which consolidated into a single act parts of sentencing legislation previously spread across twelve separate acts. Another example of a consolidation act in relation to sentencing
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#1732794533032144-638: The description mentioned therein. Such are the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 ( 8 & 9 Vict. c. 18),the Companies Clauses Act 1863 and the Railways Clauses Act 1863 . Consolidation bills are introduced in the House of Lords which, by convention, has primacy in these matters. The Lords has the only substantive discussion on the bill, at its second reading , before the bill is sent to
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