ID Cards To Be Scrapped

[TimberWolf]

This is the first I've heard of the Great Repeal Bill but it looks interesting. IR35 is in there as well.

Members of the public are able to add to the list of laws and rules to be repealed in the draft of the Bill below...This experiment in direct democracy allows ordinary citizens to have a direct say in drafting of legislation, which is believed to be the first of its kind.

Anyone got any ideas?

Already done:

x Finance Act 2000 (IR35)[16]
Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003
Social Security Contributions (Intermediaries) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/727) The relevant sections Costs small businesses time and money, adds extra charges for contractors, and also pushed many offshore. It has raised a mere £9.2m over 6 years [17] and at most raised 35 million. [18]

Ah, I've got one: Every law, regulation and bill implemented or amended since 1997.

[Sysman]

Ah, I've got one: Every law, regulation and bill implemented or amended since 1997.

Sadly, the law of unintended consequences would rear its ugly head here.

It might imply retroactive legislation. For example, someone might have gone bankrupt as a result of the reduction of the bankruptcy period to 12 months linky; many self-employed went the LtdCo route as a result of the reduction in Corporation Tax, etc. Those decisions can't be reversed, but it could have the effect of turning a sensible course of action into a bad one.

Tricky isn't it? A more straightforward course might be to pass a gazillion laws to counteract the bad ones. Oh Dear.