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Types
- Regulation/Rules: legally binding requirement, power must be expressly granted under statute
- Soft Law: not legally binding, doesn't have to be expressly provided for in statute
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Why Delegate
- Expertise
- Time
- Information
- Consistency
- Flexibility
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Risks
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Principal-Agent
- Legislature vs. Rule Maker
- Public vs. Legislature
- Judge vs. Public
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Controlling the Risks
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Structuring the Discretion
- Depends on Control and/or Trust re Party
- Indirectly Control by choice of body delegated to or resources given to it
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Legislative Oversight
- None for soft law
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Committees
- Problems
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Judicial Review
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Regulation/Rules
- Substantive review whether within grant of power
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Thorne’s Hardware Ltd v. The Queen
- Thorne's Hardware.doc
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Enbridge & Union Gas v. Ontario Energy Board
- Enbridge Gas v Ontario (Energy Board).doc
- Soft Law only if fettering
- Problems
- Process Requirements