In April 2021, I started working on a project on the history of delegated legislation in the UK. I’m looking at the hierarchy of SIs, and naming conventions.

I’ve built up a bibliography that you’re welcome to use:

Books:

• Bailey D and others, Bennion, Bailey And Norbury On Statutory Interpretation (8th edn, LexisNexis Butterworths 2020)
• Blackburn R and others, Griffith & Ryle On Parliament: Functions, Practice And Procedures (2nd edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2003)
• Carr C, Delegated Legislation: Three Lectures (Cambridge University Press 1921)
• Chen C-M, Parliamentary Opinion Of Delegated Legislation, Etc (Columbia University Press 1933)
• Fox R, and Blackwell J, The Devil Is In The Detail: Parliament And Delegated Legislation (Hansard Society 2014)
• Greenberg D, Craies On Legislation (12th edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2020)
• Greenberg D, Laying Down The Law (Sweet & Maxwell 2011)
• Greenleaf W, A much governed nation, Part 2 (Routledge 2003) – Chapter 6: The Second Yoke
• Hewart of Bury T, The New Despotism (Ernest Benn Limited 1929)
• Lowe D, Potter C, and Neuberger D, Understanding Legislation (1st edn, Hart Publishing 2018)
• May T, Hutton M, and Natzler D, Erskine May’s Treatise On The Law, Privileges, Proceedings, And Usage Of Parliament (25th edn, LexisNexis UK 2019)
• Page E, Governing By Numbers: Delegated Legislation And Everyday Policy-Making (Hart Publishing 2001)
• Zander M, The Law-Making Process (8th edn, Hart Publishing 2020)

Journals:

• Statutory Publications Office (1952). Subordinate Legislation. Public Administration (vol. 30, issue 3) pp. 227-262 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1952.tb03056.x
• Thompson, N (1966). The legal publications of the british stationery office. International Association of Law Libraries Bulletin, 17(Number XVII), pp. 14-22 https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/ialibbul17&i=14
• Tudor, P (2000). Secondary legislation: second class or crucial? Statute Law Review (vol. 21, Issue 3) pp 149–162 https://doi.org/10.1093/slr/21.3.149
• Lorrimer, A (2013). Northern ireland legal material since devolution: practical guide. Legal Information Management, 13(3), pp. 152-156 https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/leginfom13&i=168
• Pywell, S (2013). Untangling the law. New Law Journal, 163(7553) pp. 321–322 http://oro.open.ac.uk/39446/
• Pywell, S (2019). Something old, something new: busting some myths about Statutory Instruments and Brexit. Public Law pp. 102–120 http://oro.open.ac.uk/56826/

Parliamentary Papers:

• Select Committee on Delegated Legislation, Report (HC 310, 1953) https://parlipapers.proquest.com/parlipapers/docview/t70.d75.1952-043381/
• Joint Committee on Delegated Legislation, Report (HC 475, 1972) https://parlipapers.proquest.com/parlipapers/docview/t70.d75.1971-060742/
• Joint Committee on Delegated Legislation, Second Report (HC 468 & HL 204, 1973) https://parlipapers.proquest.com/parlipapers/docview/t70.d75.1972-061885/
• House of Commons Information Office, Statutory Instruments (Factsheet L7 – Legislative Series, 2008) https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-information-office/l07.pdf
• Richard Kelly, Statutory Instruments (House of Commons Library Briefing Paper, Number 06509, 15 December 2016) https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn06509/
• Select Committee on the Constitution, Delegated Legislation and Parliament: A response to the Strathclyde Review (HL Paper 116, 9th Report of Session 2015–16) https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldselect/ldconst/116/116.pdf
• Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, Special Report: Response to the Strathclyde Review (HL Paper 119, 25th Report of Session 2015–16) https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldselect/lddelreg/119/119.pdf
• Select Committee on the Constitution, The Legislative Process: The Delegation of Powers (HL Paper 225, 16th Report of Session 2017–19) https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldconst/225/225.pdf

Government Papers:

• Committee on Ministers’ Powers, Report (Cmd. 4060, 1932) (The Donoughmore Report) https://parlipapers.proquest.com/parlipapers/docview/t70.d75.1931-031693/
• The Rt Hon the Lord Strathclyde, Strathclyde Review: Secondary legislation and the primacy of the House of Commons (Cm 9177, December 2015) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486790/53088_Cm_9177_Web_Accessible.pdf
• The National Archives, Statutory Instrument Practice (Fifth Edition, November 2017) https://www.legislation.gov.uk/pdfs/StatutoryInstrumentPractice_5th_Edition.pdf
• Government Legal Service, Statutory Instrument Drafting Guidance (August 2018) https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/644643/response/1540344/attach/3/FOI%2028%2020%20Greenhill%20GLS%20drafting%20guidance.pdf
• Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, Drafting Guidance (June 2020) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/892409/OPC_drafting_guidance_June_2020-1.pdf

Other sources:

• Halsbury’s Laws of England (5^th Edition, 2008) Statutes and Legislative Process, 4. Subordinate Legislation, vol. 96 (2018)
• Legislation of the United Kingdom: subordinate legislation (British Library) https://www.bl.uk/voices-of-science/britishlibrary/~/media/subjects%20images/government%20publications/pdfs/subordinate-legislation.pdf
• Hansard Society, ‘Delegated Legislation: Frequently Asked Questions‘ https://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/delegated-legislation-frequently-asked-questions

Legislation:

• Interpretation Act 1850 (Lord Brougham’s Act) (Link to an archive.org copy)
• Interpretation Act 1889
• Rules Publication Act 1893 (Link to an archive.org copy)
• Statutory Instruments Act 1946
• Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954
• Interpretation Act 1978
• Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979
• Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010

Case law:

• McDonald v National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc [2014] UKSC 53
• M v London Borough of Islington & Anor [2004] EWCA Civ 235