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Legislation Act 2019

Disclosure requirements for Government-initiated legislation

107: Government notice must be issued to support consistent approach across agencies

You could also call this:

"The Government must issue a notice to help agencies share information with you in a consistent way."

When the Government makes new laws, you need to know what information they have to share with you. The Minister and the Attorney-General have to work together to make sure this happens in a consistent way across all Government agencies. They do this by issuing a notice that explains what information must be shared.

The notice must say what information is required in disclosure statements, as outlined in section 104. This includes information about when the law does not follow the usual guidelines or standards. The notice also explains how this information is made available to you online.

The notice can also specify what other information must be shared, such as how the law was drafted or how it will be implemented. It can even say what types of laws this applies to, as explained in section 103. You can find out more about how these notices are published by looking at Part 3.

The Minister and the Attorney-General must make sure that at least one notice is always in place, so you can always find out what you need to know.

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Part 4Disclosure requirements for Government-initiated legislation

107Government notice must be issued to support consistent approach across agencies

  1. The responsible Minister and the Attorney-General must, in order to support a consistent approach to disclosure under this Part,—

  2. jointly issue 1 or more notices under this section; and
    1. take all reasonable steps to ensure that at least 1 notice is in force, and remains in force, on and after the date that is 12 months after the date on which this Part comes into force.

      1. The notice or notices must—

      2. provide for the information that must be contained (or linked to) in disclosure statements under section 104, including—
        1. specifying the information about departures from the legislative guidelines or standards that must be contained (or linked) in disclosure statements; and
          1. identifying legislative guidelines or standards (in whole or in part) for that purpose; and
          2. state how disclosure statements must be electronically published; and
            1. provide for any other matters required, under this subpart, to be done in accordance with the notice.

              1. A notice may also—

              2. specify 1 or more classes of secondary legislation to which section 103 applies:
                1. in addition to the information referred to in subsection (2)(a), require a disclosure statement to contain, or have a link to, other information about specified matters (for example, information about the drafting of the legislation or about plans for the implementation, monitoring, or review of the legislation).

                  1. A notice under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 for publication requirements).

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