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Keeling schedule en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after British Member of Parliament Edward Herbert Keeling.

Meanings

1. (UK) In a bill or enactment, a schedule that shows how provisions of existing enactments would be amended.
   • 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, volume 22, number 2, page 166:
   • 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 Chamberlain:
   • 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:
   • 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:

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