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statutory instrument (SI)

a form of SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION. They are cited by the year they are passed and by their number in the year. Non-publication is a defence. They are often accompanied by a useful but unofficial explanatory note.

Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006

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If passed, the move would stop ministers being able to use so-called Henry VIII powers to take Britain out of the single market and customs union.

Labour urged to join bid to keep UK in single market

The Government had planned to make parts of the final withdrawal deal law using "Henry VIII powers".

Humiliating blow for May as MPs take back control; Tory rebels spark Brexit defeat

The row revolves around Clause 9 of the bill, which hands the government "Henry VIII powers" to implement the Brexit deal without parliamentary approval.

Theresa May facing rebellion over key Brexit bill

The so-called Henry VIII powers have been dropped in favour of a special "sifting committee" to scrutinise any proposed changes.

CLIMBDOWN; MAY FORCED INTO EU LAW U-TURN Prime Minister scraps plan to bypass House of Commons

The Prime Minister wants to use so-called Henry VIII powers to allow ministers to amend legislation without the approval of Parliament.

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The Henry VIII powers would not just apply to the present government but also future governments.

Cast an eye to the future; Letters

The vote was about a Bill that puts huge and unaccountable power (so-called Henry VIII powers) into the hands of government Ministers, sidelines Parliament on key decisions and puts crucial rights and protections at risk.

Why I voted against EU Withdrawl Bill

I DOUBT Philip May loses sleep over the Henry VIII powers that his wife Theresa wants to seize for herself.

Cracking the whip

The Speaker said "nothing is too toxic" for Parliament to debate and acknowledged that MPs were concerned about the issues of citizens' rights, "economic arrangements" and the use of so-called Henry VIII powers to allow ministers to amend laws without full scrutiny.

'Nothing is too toxic to debate', PM warned

Having passed second reading, the bill can still be fatally amended or voted down, and her imposition of a strict and authoritarian three-line party whip on her members of parliament has ruffled feathers, not just among Europhiles, but among parliamentarians who question the so-called "Henry VIII powers" being granted to cabinet ministers to implements the Brexit policies.

Commons vote papers over deep Brexit cracks

Many EU regulations may need adjusting as they are transferred, and the bill proposes the broad use of existing "Henry VIII powers" that allow ministers to amend legislation without full parliamentary scrutiny.

Brexit bill passes first vote in British parliament

The process will involve extensive use of so-called "Henry VIII powers" - laws that allow ministers to change primary legislation using secondary legislation without parliamentary scrutiny.