3Purposes

1. The purposes of this Act are to—

2. promote the accountability of the Executive to Parliament for—
   1. the development of high-quality legislation; and
   2. the exercise of stewardship over regulatory systems; and
3. support Parliament’s ability to scrutinise Bills; and
4. support Parliament in overseeing and controlling the use of delegated powers to make legislation (see Part 5 of the Legislation Act 2019).

5. The purposes of this Act are given effect to only by—

6. setting out principles of responsible regulation; and
7. providing for—
   1. the review of the consistency of proposed and existing legislation with the principles of responsible regulation; and
   2. the disclosure of the reasons for any identified inconsistencies; and
   3. regulatory stewardship responsibilities; and
8. providing for a Regulatory Standards Board to—
   1. inquire into whether existing legislation is consistent with the principles of responsible regulation; and
   2. consider consistency accountability statements for Government Bills; and
9. providing support to the regulatory standards Ministry in its work to improve the quality of legislation.