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Regulatory Standards Bill

Principles of responsible regulation and regulatory stewardship - Act does not confer or impose legal rights or obligations or affect validity

25: Validity of legislation not affected by failure to comply with this Act

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"Laws still work even if people don't follow this new rule"

This part of the bill says that even if someone doesn't follow the rules in this new law, it won't change how other laws are made or how they work.

If the new law isn't followed, it doesn't stop new laws from being created. It also doesn't make existing laws invalid or change how they work.

This means that the new law is important, but not following it won't break the whole system of making and using laws in New Zealand.

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Part 2Principles of responsible regulation and regulatory stewardship
Act does not confer or impose legal rights or obligations or affect validity

25Validity of legislation not affected by failure to comply with this Act

  1. Failure to comply with this Act does not affect—

  2. any power to make any legislation; or
    1. the validity or operation of any legislation.