Sessional Committee on Delegated Legislation
Sessional Committee on Delegated Legislation- shall consider in respect of any statutory instrument whether it-
- is in accord with the provisions of the Constitution, the Act pursuant to which it is made or other relevant written law;
- infringes on fundamental rights and freedoms of the public;
- contains a matter which in the opinion of the Committee should more properly be dealt with in an Act of Parliament;
- directly or indirectly bars the jurisdiction of the Courts;
- gives retrospective effect to any of the provisions in respect of which the Constitution or the Act does not expressly give such power;
- would occasion/ involves expenditure from the Consolidated Fund or other public revenues;
- is defective in its drafting or for any reason the form or purport of the statutory instrument calls for elucidation;
- appears to make some unusual or unexpected use of the powers conferred by the Constitution or the Act pursuant to which it is made;
- appears to have had unjustifiable delay in its publication or laying before Parliament;
- makes rights, liberties or obligations unduly dependent upon non-reviewable decisions;
- makes rights, liberties or obligations unduly dependent on insufficiently defined administrative powers;
- inappropriately delegates legislative powers;
- imposes a fine, imprisonment or other penalty without express authority having been provided for in the enabling legislation;
- appears for any reason to infringe on the rule of law;
- inadequately subjects the exercise of legislative power to parliamentary scrutiny; and,
- accords to any other reason that the Committee considers fit to examine.