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Keeling schedule

Keeling schedule noun: in a bill or enactment, a schedule that shows how provisions of existing enactments would be amended.

Noun

Keeling schedule (plural Keeling schedules)

  1. (UK) In a bill or enactment, a schedule that shows how provisions of existing enactments would be amended.
    • Despite its merits, the Keeling schedule has drawbacks. It represents a duplication on the statute book.1997, Alec Samuels, “Use of the Keeling Schedule”, in Statute Law Review, volume 18, number 3, page 250
    • The Keeling schedule is a schedule in the new statute setting out the old statute (or part of it) as it will read after amendment by the new statute.2013, Ronan Cormacain, “Keeling Schedules and Clarity in Amending Legislation”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 1, number 15, page 93

Examples of Keeling schedule in a sentence

  • Keeling Schedules are resource intensive to produce, which is perhaps why there are no more recent examples.2020, Andrew Makower, Liam Laurence Smyth, “Law Reform Bills in the Parliament of the United Kingdom”, in European Journal of Law Reform...
  • The UK Government published a set of Keeling Schedules on 10 May 2023 for the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill version 2.2023 July 7, “New development - Keeling Schedules published for the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill”, in Reynolds Porter...

Forms of Keeling schedule

pluralKeeling schedules

Origin of Keeling schedule

Named after British Member of Parliament Edward Herbert Keeling.

Questions about Keeling schedule

What does Keeling schedule mean?
Keeling schedule means in a bill or enactment, a schedule that shows how provisions of existing enactments would be amended.
How do you use Keeling schedule in a sentence?
Keeling Schedules are resource intensive to produce, which is perhaps why there are no more recent examples.
What part of speech is Keeling schedule?
Keeling schedule is a noun.
What is the plural of Keeling schedule?
The plural of Keeling schedule is Keeling schedules.

Words near Keeling schedule in the dictionary

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  2. Keeling Islander
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  4. Keeling Islands
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  6. Keeling schedule
  7. Keeling schedules
  8. keelings
  9. Keelins
  10. keelivine
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