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<p>The Ministry of Justice laid 80 statutory instruments between the start of the
calendar year and 25 July 2014. The Ministry of Justice does not keep records of which
statutory instruments corrected errors in previous instruments. However, it estimates
that 3 instruments (less than 4% of the total) were expressed to be correcting errors
made in, in consequence of a defect in, or in substitution of, a previous instrument
and were as a result issued free of charge to known recipients of the original instrument.</p><p>
</p><p>The Ministry of Justice is strongly committed to improving the quality of statutory
instrument drafting. In addition to providing training to relevant staff and adopting
rigorous checking process (including a requirement that all instruments are subject
to a second and third pair of eyes check by a lawyer who has not drafted the instrument),
a new post of Statutory Instrument Co-ordinator has been established within the Legal
Directorate to co-ordinate the sharing of best practice. The Ministry of Justice will
also be participating in work being led by the Treasury Solicitor and First Parliamentary
Counsel to enhance further the quality, consistency and effectiveness of statutory
instruments across Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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