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Legislation Act 2019

Drafting and publishing of legislation - Revision Bills - Preparation of revisions

95: Three-yearly revision programme

You could also call this:

"The Government makes a 3-year plan to update laws and shares it with the public."

When a new Parliament starts, the Attorney-General has to prepare a plan for revising laws over the next three years. This plan must say what law changes will be started, finished, and worked on during that time. You can think of it like a to-do list for law changes.

The Attorney-General must make this plan available to the public and ask for feedback from anyone who is interested. They must also present the final plan to the House of Representatives after it has been approved by the Government. This means the plan will be shared with the people who make laws.

The Attorney-General can make changes to the plan, but they must follow the same steps as when they first made the plan, including asking for public feedback. You can compare this to a similar law from 2012, s 30(1)–(4), to see how it has changed.

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Part 3Drafting and publishing of legislation
Revision Bills: Preparation of revisions

95Three-yearly revision programme

  1. The Attorney-General must prepare a draft 3-yearly revision programme for each new Parliament.

  2. A draft revision programme must set out—

  3. the revisions that are proposed to be started during the 3-year period; and
    1. the revisions that are expected to be enacted during that period; and
      1. the revisions on which work is expected to continue during that period.

        1. The Attorney-General must—

        2. make the draft publicly available and invite submissions on the draft from interested persons and members of the public, allowing a reasonable time for those submissions to be made; and
          1. present a revision programme to the House of Representatives as soon as practicable after it is approved by the Government.

            1. The Attorney-General may amend, or replace, the 3-yearly revision programme if the Attorney-General complies with subsection (3) (applied as if the amendment or replacement were the draft or programme).

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