A quasi-legislative capacity is that in which a public administrative agency or body acts when it makes rules and regulations. When an administrative agency exercises its rule-making authority, it is said to act in a quasi-legislative manner.

Is the Supreme Court quasi-legislative?

However, despite this seemingly immense power, the rules and regulations are often enacted at the discretion of law makers, as supreme legislative power remains with Congress. ... The enactment of such regulation is known as quasi-legislative power.

What is quasi-legislative action?

Quasi-legislative action is the function of subordinate legislation – making rules, regulations and other statutory instruments to fill in the details of legislative enactments in order to make the execution of laws possible.