Legislation Enacted that Works

For the first time in a long time, legislation has successfully passed legal tests. The Act in question was the 2004 Placebo (Minor Modifications) Act, which is a piece of self-redundant legislation that does nothing. Like all the other Acts of Parliament of recent times it has been tested in Courts in numerous test cases to ensure it is fully compatible with all the other legislation ever, including the Human Rights Acts, and found to be fully compatible.

"This is an important breakthrough," cheered Secretary of State for Superfluity and Irrelevance, "We are pleased that this legislation will not be able to be challenged and found to have been a pointless waste of Commons hot air."

The provisions of the Act enable, "whatever is going on to continue going on" which is quite a wide ranging and all encompassing piece of law-making. My media pack tells me to write or else, that it is going to make a significant contribution to our future lives in a very real and modern way. So there, I have. Ministers are happy at last.