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Regulatory Standards Bill

Principles of responsible regulation and regulatory stewardship - Regulatory stewardship and plans for regularly reviewing legislation - Plans for regularly reviewing legislation

21: Statements on review of Act

You could also call this:

"Checking if a law is working well and telling everyone about it"

When a government agency reviews a law under section 17, they need to do a few things. First, they must write a report about how well the law follows important rules. They give this report to the minister in charge as soon as they can after finishing their review.

The minister then has a job to do. They must show two things to the people who make laws in New Zealand. One is the report from the agency. The other is a statement the minister writes. In this statement, the minister explains why the law might not follow all the important rules. They also say what they plan to do to fix any problems.

The minister needs to do this as quickly as they can after getting the report from the agency. This helps everyone understand how well the law is working and if it needs to be changed.

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Part 2Principles of responsible regulation and regulatory stewardship
Regulatory stewardship and plans for regularly reviewing legislation: Plans for regularly reviewing legislation

21Statements on review of Act

  1. This section applies when a responsible agency reviews an Act under section 17.

  2. The responsible agency must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after completing the review, give to the responsible Minister a consistency accountability statement.

  3. The Minister must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving the consistency accountability statement, present to the House of Representatives—

  4. the statement; and
    1. a statement from the responsible Minister that—
      1. briefly explains the Government’s reasons for any inconsistency with the principles that is identified in the consistency accountability statement; and
        1. sets out the proposed actions (if any) to remedy that inconsistency.