Draft Deregulation Bill (Paperback)

The draft Deregulation Bill provides for the removal or reduction of burdens on business, civil society, individuals, public sector bodies and the taxpayer. These include measures relating to general and specific areas of business, companies and insolvency, the use of land, housing, transport, communications, the environment, education and training, entertainment, public authorities and the administration of justice. The Bill also provides for a duty on those exercising specified regulatory functions to have regard to the desirability of promoting economic growth. In addition the Bill will repeal legislation that is no longer of any practical use and provide ministers with a power to make similar repeals in future via secondary legislation