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OCR A-Level Law law making (Component 2, Section A) overview quiz quiz

10questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. At which stage of a Bill does the main debate on its principle take place?

  2. According to Dicey, which statement describes parliamentary supremacy?

  3. Which type of delegated legislation is made by government ministers under an enabling Act?

  4. What does it mean for delegated legislation to be ultra vires?

  5. Which rule of statutory interpretation gives words their plain ordinary meaning even if the result is absurd?

  6. Which case allows judges to refer to Hansard as an external aid to interpretation?

  7. What is the binding part of a judicial decision called?

  8. Which power lets the Supreme Court depart from its own previous decisions?

  9. Which body, created in 1965, keeps the law under review and recommends reform?

  10. What did the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 do to EU law in the UK?