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Regulatory Standards Bill

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

12: When review of Government amendment does not apply

You could also call this:

"When the government doesn't need to check its changes to a bill"

This part of the bill talks about when the government doesn't need to review changes it wants to make to a bill. You don't need to review a change if the bill is already special, or if there's not enough time before the change is looked at in Parliament. You also don't need to review if the minister in charge of rules thinks the change isn't very big.

If there wasn't enough time for a review, the minister in charge must still give some information to Parliament and put it on a website as soon as they can after the change is looked at. If the minister thought the change wasn't very big, they need to say that when they explain the change.

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

12When review of Government amendment does not apply

  1. Section 11 does not apply to a Government amendment if—

  2. the Bill to which it relates is of a kind referred to in section 10(1); or
    1. it is not reasonably practicable to comply with section 11 before the parliamentary scrutiny of the Government amendment occurs; or
      1. in the opinion of the regulatory standards Minister, the Government amendment would not materially change the Bill.

        1. In the case of subsection (1)(b), the responsible Minister must ensure that the statements required under section 11(a) and (b) are presented to the House of Representatives, and published on an internet site, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the parliamentary scrutiny of the Government amendment occurs.

        2. In the case of subsection (1)(c), the responsible Minister must ensure that the Government amendment’s explanatory note includes (or contains a link to) a statement of the opinion of the regulatory standards Minister.