Where there is a statutory power for a Secretary of State to give a Direction, that power does not extend to the giving of a Direction not to comply with statutory duties, under that or another statute, absent clear words to that effect. So held in VIP Communications Ltd v SSHD (2020) EWCA Civ 1564.
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