ABSTRACT

In the UK, legislation is formulated in a number of ways. Acts of Parliament or primary legislation provide the main source of the laws that govern roads and traffic. Often, however, Acts of Parliament only provide general and non-specific enabling powers. These powers allow something to be done, but without specifying the manner in which that thing should be done. In these circumstances secondary legislation, in the form of a Statutory Instrument, is required to give effect to the primary legislation contained in a Parliamentary Act.