Legislative Drafting
Course Information:
| Venue: | Duration: | Date: | Price: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | 12 hours | Flexi-date | £1,750.00 |
| In-House | Agreed with client | Flexible | POA |
| London | 5 days | 31-Jan | £3,500.00 |
| London | 5 days | 11-Apr | £3,500.00 |
| London | 5 days | 19-Sep | £3,500.00 |
Who should attend?
- Senior Managers and Government personnel responsible for turning policy into legislation
- Officials who instruct Parliamentary draftsmen
- Assistants to legislators involved in creating draft legislation
- Members of parliament, senators, assembly members
- Legal advisors and practitioners from both public and private sectors
Accreditations
Outcomes
- Overcome obstacles to turning policy into legislation
- Describe the process of making new laws
- Contribute to the drafting of new legislation
- Prepare instructions for professional draftsmen
- Practice legislative drafting skills
COURSE TOPICS:
Legislative Instruments under the Microscope
- Types of legislation
- Primary and secondary legislation
- Dissecting a statute
- Structure and elements of an Act of Parliament
- Assembling the machinery of an Act
- Problems with how laws work
Drafting Legislation
- Principles of drafting
- Alternative approaches
- Planning your draft
- Writing for the reader
- Using plain English
- Dos and Don’ts in drafting
- Writing instructions for the parliamentary draftsman
Interpretation and Construction of Statutes
- Identifying the purpose of a law
- The Mischief Rule
- The Golden Rule
- Judicial interpretation of legislation
- Judicial creativity and the sovereignty of parliament
Stakeholder Participation in Law Making
- The need for involvement
- Formal and informal consultation
- Consultation processes
- The draft Bill and consultation
- Ethical lobbying
- The role of the public affairs professional
Turning Policy into Practice
- Why do some laws fail to achieve their objectives?
- Effective and ineffective law making
- Education, communication and legal effectiveness
- The challenge of over-complex laws
- How to address legal effectiveness issues
- Alternatives to law making – nudge theory
