[2]In Postmaster General v Birmingham Corporation, Roache LJ said "I am unable to accept the ingenious argument that the word 'enactment' in" section 7 of the Telegraph Act 1878 "refers to special or ad hoc enactments dealing with specific works and does not refer to general enactments .
"On the contrary, the language used in a number of instances strongly suggests that in this particular Act the draftsman was deliberately distinguishing between an enactment and a statutory regulation: see, for example, section 267 and Schedule 18.
"[4] See also R v Bakewell (1857) E & B 848 at 851, Burgh of Grangemouth v Stirlingshire and Falkirk Water Board, 1963, SLT 242, Allsop v North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council [1991] RVR 209, (1992) 156 LGR 1007, DC.
[13] In the preceding provisions of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 and in section 18 of that Act, the word "enactment" means any legislation (including subordinate legislation) of the United Kingdom or Northern Ireland.
[16] In Part 2 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009, the expression "enactment" means an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under— Enactments may be classified as express or implied, as general or particular, as declaratory or amending, as substantive or procedural, as mandatory[18] (also known as absolute, imperative, obligatory or strict)[19] or directory[20] (also known as permissive),[21] as criminal or civil, and as penal or non-penal[22] (and formerly as penal or remedial).