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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

22: Statements on review of secondary legislation

You could also call this:

"Checking and explaining government rules"

When a government agency reviews certain rules, they need to do a few things. They have to check if the rules follow some important principles. After they finish checking, they must put two statements on a website for everyone to see.

The first statement shows how well the rules match up with the principles. The second statement comes from the person who made the rules. In this statement, they need to explain why the rules might not follow the principles perfectly. They also need to say what they plan to do to fix any problems.

This new rule is part of a plan to make sure all government rules are fair and make sense. It's not a law yet, but it might become one if the bill passes.

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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

22Statements on review of secondary legislation

  1. This section applies when a responsible agency reviews secondary legislation under section 17.

  2. The responsible agency must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after completing the review, publish on an internet site—

  3. a consistency accountability statement; and
    1. a statement from the maker that—
      1. briefly explains the maker’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.