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Now illegal for Britons to disturb a pack of eggs when instructed not to by an authorised officer

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Do not disturb eggs: MP reveals Britain''s oddest laws
Thu Dec 4, 8:33 pm ET

Do not disturb eggs: MP reveals Britain''s oddest laws DDP/AFP/File – "Bowl With Eggs (Green)" by US artist Jeff Koons. Britons are forbidden from disturbing packs …

LONDON (AFP) – Britons are forbidden from disturbing packs of eggs and from selling game killed on a Sunday, it was revealed Thursday by an opposition MP who condemned ministers for introducing ridiculous laws.

The day after Prime Minister Gordon Brown''s government laid out its legislative agenda for the coming year, Liberal Democrat lawmaker Chris Huhne noted the stream of sometimes "completely bizarre" new offences it had created.

Since the Labour party took power in 1997 under then prime minister Tony Blair, it has created 3,600 new criminal offences, Huhne said -- adding this was "massively complicating" the job of police and the criminal justice system.

"Some of these offences are completely bizarre -- for example, the offence of causing a nuclear explosion," he told members of parliament (MPs).

"The idea that anyone might cause a nuclear explosion without killing anybody, and therefore being subject to a possible charge of murder, is extremely far-fetched."

Other new offences include "wilfully pretending to be a barrister", "disturbing a pack of eggs when instructed not to by an authorised officer" and "offering for sale a game bird killed on a Sunday or Christmas day", he said.

Huhne accused the government of doing nothing to repeal these laws. Justice minister Jack Straw asked for a full list of the ones the MP wanted removed from the statute books so that he could review them.

Original article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081205/ts_afp/britainpoliticslawoffbeat
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Date: 12/5/2008 6:31:29 PM
Author:gwendolyn
Do not disturb eggs: MP reveals Britain''s oddest laws
Thu Dec 4, 8:33 pm ET

Do not disturb eggs: MP reveals Britain''s oddest laws DDP/AFP/File – ''Bowl With Eggs (Green)'' by US artist Jeff Koons. Britons are forbidden from disturbing packs …

LONDON (AFP) – Britons are forbidden from disturbing packs of eggs and from selling game killed on a Sunday, it was revealed Thursday by an opposition MP who condemned ministers for introducing ridiculous laws.

The day after Prime Minister Gordon Brown''s government laid out its legislative agenda for the coming year, Liberal Democrat lawmaker Chris Huhne noted the stream of sometimes ''completely bizarre'' new offences it had created.

Since the Labour party took power in 1997 under then prime minister Tony Blair, it has created 3,600 new criminal offences, Huhne said -- adding this was ''massively complicating'' the job of police and the criminal justice system.

''Some of these offences are completely bizarre -- for example, the offence of causing a nuclear explosion,'' he told members of parliament (MPs).

''The idea that anyone might cause a nuclear explosion without killing anybody, and therefore being subject to a possible charge of murder, is extremely far-fetched.''

Other new offences include ''wilfully pretending to be a barrister'', ''disturbing a pack of eggs when instructed not to by an authorised officer'' and ''offering for sale a game bird killed on a Sunday or Christmas day'', he said.

Huhne accused the government of doing nothing to repeal these laws. Justice minister Jack Straw asked for a full list of the ones the MP wanted removed from the statute books so that he could review them.

Original article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081205/ts_afp/britainpoliticslawoffbeat
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What I want to know is what would happen if I were to ''wilfully pretend to be a barrister'' WHILST disturbing a pack of eggs.........?
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Hmmm interesting...these are like all the old school laws the New England states still have on the books that make no sense.
 
Date: 12/5/2008 8:18:58 PM
Author: neatfreak
Hmmm interesting...these are like all the old school laws the New England states still have on the books that make no sense.
Yeah, except these are all new!

ksinger, I think that''s when they lock you up and throw away the key.
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LOL, I''d missed this.

Chris Huhne is a great guy - just missed being leader of the Party last year.
 
Date: 12/6/2008 9:06:40 AM
Author: gwendolyn

Date: 12/5/2008 8:18:58 PM
Author: neatfreak
Hmmm interesting...these are like all the old school laws the New England states still have on the books that make no sense.
Yeah, except these are all new!

ksinger, I think that''s when they lock you up and throw away the key.
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Nah, more like 200 hours community service these days...
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