CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Laws and Business Communication · Sources of Law
Parliament passes an Act that authorises the Central Government to frame rules for carrying out the Act's purposes. The rules later framed by the Government under this authority are best described as:
Rules framed by the Central Government under authority given by an Act of Parliament are delegated or subordinate legislation. They draw their force from the parent Act and must stay within it. They are not constitutional amendments, not precedents, and not Acts passed by Parliament itself.
- AConstitutional amendments
- BDelegated (subordinate) legislationCorrect
- CJudicial precedents
- DOrdinary Acts of Parliament
Explanation
When the legislature empowers the executive to make rules under an Act, the resulting rules are delegated or subordinate legislation. They derive validity from the parent Act and can be struck down if they go beyond it. They are not Acts passed by Parliament itself.
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