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Regulatory Standards Bill

Principles of responsible regulation and regulatory stewardship - How principles apply when developing legislation - Bills

10: When review of Bill is not required

You could also call this:

"When a bill doesn't need to be checked"

This part of the bill talks about when a review of a bill is not needed. You don't need to review some types of bills. These include bills about money for the government, bills that make small changes to many laws at once, and bills that get rid of old laws that aren't used anymore.

You also don't need to review bills that update or confirm existing laws, bills about Treaty settlements, or any other types of bills that the government says don't need review.

The minister in charge of regulatory standards can decide on other types of bills that don't need review. But before they can do this, they need to get approval from the House of Representatives.

If the minister does decide on new types of bills that don't need review, they have to make this decision public. This is called secondary legislation, which means it's a type of law made by the government, not by Parliament.

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This page was last updated on 21 May 2025

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9: Review of consistency of Bill with principles, or

"Checking if new laws follow good rules"

11: Review of consistency of Government amendment with principles, or

"Checking if government changes to laws are fair"

Part 2Principles of responsible regulation and regulatory stewardship
How principles apply when developing legislation: Bills

10When review of Bill is not required

Section 9 does not apply to any of the following Bills:
Imprest Supply Bills or Appropriation Bills:
Bills that are Statutes Amendment Bills under the rules and practice of the House of Representatives:
Bills that primarily relate to the repeal or revocation of legislation identified as spent:
revision Bills prepared under subpart 3 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019:
Bills prepared for the purposes of confirmation under subpart 3 of Part 5 of the Legislation Act 2019:
Treaty settlement Bills:
Bills of a class specified in a notice issued under this section.

The regulatory standards Minister may issue a notice for the purposes of subsection (1)(g).
A notice may be issued under this section only after it has been approved by a resolution of the House of Representatives.
A notice issued under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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