Ministerial order

With a ministerial decree the administrative department is delegated the task to impose a formal judgement or mandate.

In Belgium, a ministerial decree (Dutch: ministerieel besluit, French: arrêté ministériel) is a decision of a minister of the federal government.

Ministerial decrees are produced not only by ministers in affairs relating to their own departments, but also by delegate commissions formed to deal with matters that affect several ministries.

[3] In 2013 the ministerial order became a more common type of legislation, as it was used 27 times that year, under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009; such continued in 2016.

[2] In 2015, the Sewerage Undertakers (Information) (Revocation) Direction 2015[4] was given under section 202 of the Water Industry Act 1991.

A sign from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency advising residents of a ministerial order in effect for the area. A similar sign in French may be seen in the background of the photo.