Questions tagged [legislation]
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Is the US President able to make laws unilaterally?
Trump was inaugurated today and immediately signed many executive orders.
While some of these look like "actions", some looks like a law, for example in Trump returns to White House and unleashes barrage of executive orders:
redefined birthright…
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Is it true that the Chief Justice granted royal assent to the Online Streaming Act?
Within the first minute of this video it is asserted that, although the royal assent to Canadian legislation is normally granted by the governor general, in this case of the Online Streaming Act it was somehow done by the chief justice, Richard…
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What does "within ten Days (Sundays excepted)" — the veto period — mean in Art. I, § 7, Cl. 2 of the US Constitution?
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to…
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How can I learn information about the purpose, background, and other context of recent U.K. legislation?
Suppose I would like to know the purpose of an Act, or how it relates to other Acts or international obligations.
How can I learn information about the purpose, background, and other context of recent U.K. legislation?
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Why are inserted legislation section identifiers often preceded by a "z"?
Many times, in UK legislation, the structure is of numbered sections, like 1., 2., 3...
Sometimes a subsequent act will insert sections that append lettered suffixes to the numbered section identifiers that precede their placement position within…
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What is the difference between "statutory instruments" and "ministerial directions"?
This legislation is in the series of "ministerial directions"
The Exception from the Duty to Publish (Department for Business and Trade) (No. 1) Direction 2023
It is no. 1 in the series of ministerial directions.
This series is separate from other…
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Balance of Powers - Are City Council Resolutions Binding?
I've recently been party to an interesting discussion regarding resolutions and ordinances.
Our local council has passed a Complete Streets Policy in the form of a resolution, which instructs the city government (Mayor-Council Form) to do certain…
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On what basis is s14 EA2010 “prospective”?
On legislation.gov.Uk, this provision is marked as “prospective.” What does that mean, and what particularly in this case makes it so?
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Does the housing act 1988 have any associated explanatory notes?
I can’t find them where they would seemingly normally be at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/50/notes. Does this mean that they don’t exist?
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What determines whether or not legislation is re-printed (or digital equivalent) to integrate added or modified provisions?
Sometimes one finds a reference to section 8zb of a law, and proceeds to refer to the law on legislation.gov.uk, only to realise that there is apparently no section 8zb there. One then has to google section 8zb uksi YYYY/NNNN, and then if one is…
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