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Principles of responsible regulation and regulatory stewardship - Regulatory Standards Board - Inquiries

34: How good law-making principles apply when board is carrying out inquiry

You could also call this:

"How the board checks if a law is working well"

When a board looks into whether a law follows good rules, some special things happen. You don't need to ask people what they think about the law. This is different from when the law was first made.

The board can look at what has happened since the law started. They can see who the law has helped and who it has hurt. They can check if the good things from the law are worth more than what it costs. They can also see if the law is still the best way to fix the problem it was meant to solve.

These changes help the board look at how the law is working now, not just how people thought it would work when it was new. This helps them decide if the law is doing a good job.

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Part 2Principles of responsible regulation and regulatory stewardship
Regulatory Standards Board: Inquiries

34How good law-making principles apply when board is carrying out inquiry

  1. When the board is carrying out an inquiry into whether legislation is inconsistent with the principles of responsible regulation,—

  2. the principle in section 8(i) (consultation) does not apply; and
    1. the principles in section 8(j) to (l) apply with any necessary modifications to allow the board to consider matters based on the events that have occurred after the legislation came into force, including—
      1. to evaluate who is likely to have benefited, and who is likely to have suffered a detriment, from the legislation (see section 8(j)(v)); and
        1. to consider whether the legislation has produced benefits that exceed the costs of the legislation to the public or persons (see section 8(k)); and
          1. to consider whether legislation is still the most effective, efficient, and proportionate response to the issue concerned that is available (see section 8(l)).