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Bad laws : An explosive analysis of Britains petty rules, health and safety lunacies and madcap alws

By: Publication details: London Constable 2010Description: PBISBN:
  • 9781849010108
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 349.41 JOH
Contents:
Covers the following laws amongst many others: The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) or "snooper's charter", allows a wide range of government bodies and quangos to watch over people, check on what they are doing and monitor their communications. The Safeguarding Vulnerable People Act...which will require 11 million people working with children or the elderly to obtain a certificate allowing them to continue to do so yet will be easily evaded by those few individuals who are a danger to children. The Hunting Act. More foxes have died every year since the Act came into force. The Children Act. All 25,000 state and private nursery schools, child minders and playgroups are required to follow a new statutory framework dubbed the "nappy curriculum". Smoking Ban - It has interfered both with personal freedom and with commercial enterprise. Housing Act - which brought us Hips in the midst of a property price slump. European Arrest Warrant - which allows British citizens to be extradited to another jurisdiction to stand trial for an offence that is not a crime in the UK. Dangerous Dogs Act, which became synonymous with hasty and ill-thought-out legislation. Firearms Act which wiped out the sport and livelihoods of thousands of law abiding people. War Crimes Act, pushed through using the Parliament Act but which has resulted in not a single conviction. Religious Hatred Act which made a bad thought a crime. Numerous Health and safety laws of every description. The Licensing Act which made it an offence to play a piano in a pub without authorisation.
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Covers the following laws amongst many others:
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) or "snooper's charter", allows a wide range of government bodies and quangos to watch over people, check on what they are doing and monitor their communications.
The Safeguarding Vulnerable People Act...which will require 11 million people working with children or the elderly to obtain a certificate allowing them to continue to do so yet will be easily evaded by those few individuals who are a danger to children.
The Hunting Act. More foxes have died every year since the Act came into force.
The Children Act. All 25,000 state and private nursery schools, child minders and playgroups are required to follow a new statutory framework dubbed the "nappy curriculum".
Smoking Ban - It has interfered both with personal freedom and with commercial enterprise.
Housing Act - which brought us Hips in the midst of a property price slump.
European Arrest Warrant - which allows British citizens to be extradited to another jurisdiction to stand trial for an offence that is not a crime in the UK.
Dangerous Dogs Act, which became synonymous with hasty and ill-thought-out legislation.
Firearms Act which wiped out the sport and livelihoods of thousands of law abiding people.
War Crimes Act, pushed through using the Parliament Act but which has resulted in not a single conviction.
Religious Hatred Act which made a bad thought a crime.
Numerous Health and safety laws of every description.
The Licensing Act which made it an offence to play a piano in a pub without authorisation.

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