Does delegated legislation trespass unduly on personal rights and liberties?
The Committee interprets this principle broadly, to include every aspect of personal rights. During the sittings the Committee noted the following possible defects in the legislative instruments which it scrutinised. Protection of the rights of individuals The Committee questions any instrument which gives powers to Ministers or officials which may be too broad or which does not include adequate safeguards for their exercise. One instrument provided for an official to decide whether to remove a person s name from a professional register after application from the person, although it was more appropriate for the person to decide this as of right. A similar instrument provided that an official “may” do something beneficial to a person, when “must” would have been the better formulation. Another instrument provided for an official to exercise power in relation to individuals with no criteria to limit its exercise and without appropriate safeguards. One instrument gave the Minister power t
