Commonwealth legislative drafting manual / Roger Rose.
2017
K103.B54 R67 2017 (Mapit)
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Title
Commonwealth legislative drafting manual / Roger Rose.
Imprint
London, United Kingdom : Commonwealth Secretariat, [2017]
Description
xiii, 173 pages ; 26 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Foreword
Preface
What is legislation and why is it drafted the way it is?
The role of legislative counsel
Background legislation
The basic elements of a legislative sentence
Modern commonwealth conventions in legislative drafting
Plain language drafting
Structuring legislative drafts
Punctuation (and capitalisation)
Definitions and interpretation provisions
Words to use with special care (and other drafting problems)
The legislative scheme : principles governing the type of legislation required and the ordering of its provisions
Introductory and preliminary provisions
Final provisions
Penal provisions
Delegated powers to make legislation
Amending legislation
Specific types of application
Statutory corporations
Licensing legislation
Financial legislation.
Preface
What is legislation and why is it drafted the way it is?
The role of legislative counsel
Background legislation
The basic elements of a legislative sentence
Modern commonwealth conventions in legislative drafting
Plain language drafting
Structuring legislative drafts
Punctuation (and capitalisation)
Definitions and interpretation provisions
Words to use with special care (and other drafting problems)
The legislative scheme : principles governing the type of legislation required and the ordering of its provisions
Introductory and preliminary provisions
Final provisions
Penal provisions
Delegated powers to make legislation
Amending legislation
Specific types of application
Statutory corporations
Licensing legislation
Financial legislation.
Summary
"In 1976, recognising that there was a shortage of trained legislative drafters in the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Secretariat first published a legislative drafting manual aimed at informing those practitioners with little or no previous experience in the skill, and assisting those with some experience who had never considered why drafting needed to be undertaken in a particular way. That aim remains, but more than 40 years later there have been important changes in the way legislation is drafted. These mainly concern the perceived need to make it more accessible to those to be affected by it, in particular by the use of plain language and sentence structures that relate more closely to those used in formal nonlegislative documents. In the light of these and other changes, [this book] has been completely rewritten, and it now guides the practitioner step by step through the various things he or she needs to know. It also contains a series of appendices relating to the procedure for the preparation of legislation, the contents of drafting instructions, and some hints to the beginner on the best approaches to the task."-- Provided by publisher.
Location
STA
Call Number
K103.B54 R67 2017
Language
English
ISBN
1849291691 paperback
9781849291699 paperback
9781849291699 paperback
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