Commons debated statutory instrument on landfill tax

The motion to approve the Order was agreed without a vote.

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Landfill Tax (Qualifying Fines) (No.2) Order 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 1385)

The Landfill Tax (Qualifying Fines) Order 2015 was laid on 12 June 2015 under the affirmative procedure. The instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. The Select Committee on Statutory Instruments for the 2015 Parliament has not yet been reconstituted.

• Read the Landfill Tax (Qualifying Fines) (No.2) Order 2015 (external site)
• Read the Landfill Tax (Qualifying Fines) (No. 2) Order 2015: explanatory memorandum (external site)
• Find out more about the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments

Related Information 

House of Commons Library analysis

The House of Commons Library produces briefing papers to inform MPs and their staff of key issues. The papers contain factual information and a range of opinions on each subject, and aim to be politically impartial.

The Library has published a briefing paper on the Landfill Tax (Qualifying Fines) Order 2015.

• Read Library Briefing Paper: Landfill Tax (Qualifying Fines) Order 2015

Statutory Instruments

Statutory Instruments are a type of delegated legislation. Delegated legislation allows the Government to make changes to a law without needing to push through a completely new Act of Parliament.

The original Act (also known as primary legislation) would have provisions that allow for future delegated legislation to alter the law to differing degrees.

These changes range from the technical, like altering the level of a fine, to fleshing out Acts with greater detail; often an Act contains only a broad framework of its purpose and more complex content is added through delegated legislation.

• About Parliament: Delegated Legislation
• Read House of Commons Library Background Paper: Statutory Instruments

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