UK: Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
01 February 2006
An extraordinary Bill being put through by the government would allow them to "amend, repeal or replace" any legislation by the statutory instrument procedure (ie: that used to implement Acts):
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill (pdf)
Explanatory Note (pdf) Article by Daniel Finkelstein in the Times:
How I woke up to a nightmare plot to steal centuries of law and liberty (link)