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Legislation Act 2019

Disclosure requirements for Government-initiated legislation

103: Chief executives must prepare and publish disclosure statements for Government-initiated legislation

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"Government bosses must explain new laws in a special document for everyone to see."

When the government wants to make a new law, you need to know what it's about. The person in charge of the government department must make sure a special document is prepared. This document is called a disclosure statement. It must be made for new laws, changes to laws, and some other types of rules. The disclosure statement must follow certain rules, which are outlined in section 104, notices issued under section 107, and directions given under section 110. The disclosure statement must be published online, as soon as possible, after the new law or change is introduced, or after the rule is published, and this must be done in accordance with a notice issued under section 107. If more than one government department is involved, each department's person in charge is responsible for their part of the law, but sometimes they might be told to combine their statements, as directed under section 110.

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Part 4Disclosure requirements for Government-initiated legislation

103Chief executives must prepare and publish disclosure statements for Government-initiated legislation

  1. The chief executive of the relevant policy agency must ensure that—

  2. a disclosure statement is prepared for each of the following:
    1. a Government Bill:
      1. a Government amendment:
        1. secondary legislation of a class that is specified under section 107(3)(a); and
        2. each disclosure statement complies with—
          1. section 104; and
            1. each notice issued under section 107; and
              1. each direction given under section 110; and
              2. each disclosure statement is electronically published, in accordance with a notice issued under section 107,—
                1. as soon as practicable after the introduction of the Government Bill or release of the Government amendment; or
                  1. in the case of secondary legislation, as soon as practicable after it is published under this Act (or otherwise first made available as required by law).

                  2. If there is more than 1 relevant policy agency, subsection (1) applies to each chief executive for the part of the legislation or proposed legislation for which the agency is the relevant policy agency (but, in this case, a direction under section 110 may require the statements to be combined).