What is generally easier to amend, a regulation or an act?

The correct answer highlights that regulations are generally easier to amend than acts. An act refers to a piece of legislation passed by a legislative body, which typically involves a lengthy and complex process, including multiple readings, debates, and approvals by different levels of government. This process is designed to ensure thorough scrutiny and deliberation, making amendments to an act more challenging and time-consuming.

On the other hand, regulations are often created under the authority of an act and have a more streamlined amendment process. This allows for easier adjustments in response to changing circumstances, feedback, or the need for clarification without undergoing the same extensive legislative process.

While the other options—proclamation, edict, and bill—may involve certain administrative or legislative processes, they do not fit the context of typical regulatory processes directly related to amending legislation. Proclamations and edicts are often executive orders or announcements and are not typically subjected to the same tightening legislative procedures. A bill, while potentially subject to amendment, is a draft proposal for a new act or an amendment to an existing act, and therefore, would go through the same rigorous legislative process as an act. Thus, this context confirms that amending regulations is comparatively more straightforward than modifying an entire act.