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Legislative Process in the UK
This
section of my website is intended to give details of the legal framework within
which energy healers work in England.
This
page should be read in conjunction with the Legal Guidance Notices posted to
this website.
In England, the law that is relevant to the work
that we do is either English law or UK law. However, the situation will
not be the same for people living elsewhere in the UK or offshore. The narrative below
attempts to give an indication of the legislative framework within which our
laws have been passed over the years and it can be seen that outside of England the relevant legislation might be UK based,
English based or locally based. Where possible, I will be posting to this
website transcripts of the legislation relevant to England. If you do not live in England, it might
be necessary for you to check whether there is any similar local law within
which you need to work.
The Law in Wales
Following
the defeat of Llywelyn and the conquest of Wales by
King Edward 1 in 1284, English Law was introduced into Wales but Wales
continued to operate its legal system separate to that of England. This situation continued even after the
passing of the Laws in Wales
Acts 1535-1542 which annexed Wales
to England but came to an
end with the passing of the Wales
and Berwick Act 1746. The consequence of this Act was that in terms of future
laws England would be deemed
to include Wales
and Berwick-on-Tweed. This Act was repealed in 1967. From 1967, although laws
were passed as being for England
and Wales, Wales did not have its own legislative assembly
and its laws originated from Westminster.
The Government of Wales Act
1998 gave the new National Assembly for Wales local legislative powers but
with Westminster retaining legislative control
over issues of UK
importance. The legislation affecting healers in Wales,
therefore, will be a mixture of English Law, English and Welsh Law, UK
Law, and Welsh Law.
The Law in Scotland
Prior
to the Union with England, Scotland
had developed its own legal system with its roots based in earlier Roman Law and was different to English Law. After the Act of Union
in 1707, the Parliaments of England
and Scotland were abolished
and replaced by the Parliament for the new Kingdom of Great Britain. This
in turn was replaced by the later Parliament for the United
Kingdom which included Ireland. Although there continued
to be separate English and Scottish legal systems, news laws were passed for England and Scotland both together and
separately by Parliament. Scottish law continued to be based in its earlier
Roman roots but with English influences. The Scotland
Act 1998 gave the new Scottish Parliament local legislative powers but with Westminster retaining legislative control over issues of UK
importance. The legislation affecting
healers in Scotland, therefore,
will be a mixture of UK
Law and local Scottish Law. In terms of the way in which the law affects healers in Scotland, they should check whether UK or local law applies in the same way as the
laws applying to England
that I am posting to this website.
The Law in the Shetland and Orkney Islands
The pawning of the Shetland and Orkney Islands by King
Christian of Denmark to King
James 3 of Scotland
was without time limit. The issue of the legal ownership of the islands has not
been clarified in the centuries since, this creating issues
for the legislative framework of the islands. Broadly speaking, the legal
situation for the islands is that the earlier Norse law prevails unless there
is reason for Scots Feudal Law to take precedent. In terms of the way in which
the law affects healers in the islands, the islands are not part of the UK and healers should check whether local law
applies in the same way as the laws applying to England that I am posting to this
website.
The
Law in Northern Ireland
The
Act of Union of 1800 created the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, resulting in the abolition of the
Parliament of Ireland and
the creation of a new single Parliament of the United
Kingdom with legislative responsibility for Ireland. Following
the separation of what is now the Republic
Of Ireland from British rule, the
Government of Ireland Act 1920
established the Northern Ireland
Parliament as the legislative assembly for Ulster. The Northern Ireland Parliament at Stormont was suspended in 1972 in connection with the
political difficulties there and the passing of legislation relating to Northern Ireland reverted back to Westminster. The Northern Ireland Act 1998 created the Northern Ireland Assembly which was given
substantive powers to pass legislation for Northern Ireland. Westminster
currently retains rights to pass legislation for Northern Ireland on certain
matters. The
legislation affecting healers in Northern Ireland,
therefore, will be a mixture of Irish Law and UK Law. In terms of the way in which the law affects healers in Northern Ireland, they should check whether UK or local law applies in the same way as the laws
applying to England
that I am posting to this website.
The Law in the Isle of Man
The Isle of Man
was purchased by the British Crown in 1765 and is a Crown Dependency. It is not
part of the UK.
The Queen holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Isle of Man
has its own Parliament, the Tynwald, which can trace
its roots back to the administrative arrangements established by the Norsemen
when they settled there. The Tynwald has a two
chamber Assembly and passes its own legislation. In terms of the way in which the
law affects healers on the island, they should check whether local law applies
in the same way as the laws applying to England that I am posting to this
website.
The Law in the Channel Islands
Jersey and Guernsey are Crown
Dependencies and are not part of the UK. This status is a legacy from
the time of William the Conqueror when England
was invaded by the Norsemen of Normandy in France and when the islands were part of the
Duchy of Normandy.
Jersey and Guernsey
have their own judicial systems. In terms of the way in which the
law affects healers on the islands, they should check whether local law applies
in the same way as the laws applying to England that I am posting to this
website.
The Law in the
Isles of Scilly
The Isles of Scilly
are part of England and
subject to either UK
or English Law. The Council of the Isles of Scilly
has the authority to consider the appropriateness of UK
and English Law to the Islands. In terms of the way in which the
law affects healers on the Islands, they should check any local variations to
the laws applying to England.
European Union Law
The European Communities Act 1972 was
passed prior to the UK
joining what was then the European Economic Community,
a forerunner of the present day European Union. This Act was passed to give
European Law precedence over local law. The UK
signed the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 which together
with the ratification of the Amsterdam
Treaty 1999 has resulted in a stronger law making process at the heart of the
European Union in furtherance of its political agenda. Laws (or Regulations)
passed by the European Union are binding in the UK but first have to be passed as
legislation locally through the structure described above. Additionally, the EU
may issue Directives which are not completed law but instructions to individual
countries within the EU to legislate locally to achieve certain objectives in
furtherance of the political agenda.
Posted 30th January 2007.
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