Power to make provision reforming law which imposes burdens

2Meaning of “burden” and related expressions

(1)

In this Act “burden” includes—

(a)

a restriction, requirement or condition (including one requiring the payment of fees or preventing the incurring of expenditure) or any sanction (whether criminal or otherwise) for failure to observe a restriction or to comply with a requirement or condition, and

(b)

any limit on the statutory powers of any person (including a limit preventing the charging of fees or the incurring of expenditure),

but does not include any burden which affects only a Minister of the Crown or government department.

(2)

In this Act—

(a)

any reference to creating or imposing a burden includes a reference to authorising or requiring a burden to be created or imposed,

(b)

any reference to removing a burden includes a reference to removing the authorisation or requirement by virtue of which a burden may be imposed, and

(c)

any reference to reducing a burden includes a reference to reducing the authorisation or requirement by virtue of which a burden may be imposed (for example, by restricting the circumstances in which it is authorised or required to be imposed).