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Regulatory Reform Committee (RRC) reports that the instrument is not appropriate to be made Procedures

House of Commons

A step of type Business step.

The Regulatory Reform Committee examined all legislative reform orders between 2007 and May 2021 when the committee ceased to exist and its remit passed to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee. If the committee was not satisfied that the Order met the tests set out in the 2006 Act then the order could not proceed unless the House resolved against the committee.

There are 2 procedures.

  1. Legislative Reform Order

    Legislative Reform Orders (LROs) are a specific type of delegated legislation that the Government can use to remove or reduce burdens that result directly or indirectly from legislation, or to promote principles of better regulation. They are made under terms set out in the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and are subject to scrutiny by a special committee in each House.

  2. Legislative reform order: Commons committee consideration

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