(a) to
consider all regulations while they are subject to disallowance by resolution
of either or both Houses of Parliament,
(b) to consider whether the special
attention of Parliament should be drawn to any such regulation on any ground,
including any of the following:
(i) that the regulation trespasses unduly on
personal rights and liberties,
(ii) that the regulation may have an adverse
impact on the business community,
(iii) that the regulation may not have been
within the general objects of the legislation under which it was made,
(iv)
that the regulation may not accord with the spirit of the legislation under
which it was made, even though it may have been legally made,
(v) that the
objective of the regulation could have been achieved by alternative and more
effective means,
(vi) that the regulation duplicates, overlaps or conflicts
with any other regulation or Act,
(vii) that the form or intention of the
regulation calls for elucidation, or
(viii) that any of the requirements of
sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989, or of the
guidelines and requirements in Schedules 1 and 2 to that Act, appear not to
have been complied with, to the extent that they were applicable in relation
to the regulation, and
(c) to make such reports and recommendations to each
House of Parliament as it thinks desirable as a result of its consideration of
any such regulations, including reports setting out its opinion that a
regulation or portion of a regulation ought to be disallowed and the grounds
on which it has formed that opinion.
(1A) The Committee is not precluded from
exercising its functions under subsection (1) in relation to a regulation
after it has ceased to be subject to disallowance if, while it is subject to
disallowance, the Committee resolves to review and report to Parliament on the
regulation.
(a) to initiate a
systematic review of regulations (whether or not still subject to disallowance
by either or both Houses of Parliament), based on the staged repeal of
regulations and to report to both Houses of Parliament in relation to the
review from time to time, and
(b) to inquire into, and report to both Houses
of Parliament on, any question in connection with regulations (whether or not
still subject to disallowance by either or both Houses of Parliament) that is
referred to it by a Minister of the Crown.
(3) The functions of the Committee
with respect to regulations do not include an examination of, inquiry into or
report on a matter of Government policy, except in so far as such an
examination may be necessary to ascertain whether any regulations implement
Government policy or the matter has been specifically referred to the
Committee under subsection (2) (b) by a Minister of the Crown.