Hon Christopher Finlayson
Government Bill
162—2
As reported from the Regulations Review Committee
Commentary
Key
1 Title
2 Commencement
Part 1General provisions
3 Purposes
4 Interpretation
5 Act binds the Crown
Part 2Law relating to publishing, reprinting, and revising legislation
Subpart 1—Publishing legislation
Responsibilities and requirements
6 Chief Parliamentary Counsel to arrange publication
Availability
7 Designation of places where printed copies of legislation may be purchased
8 Sale of copies of legislation
9 Availability of electronic versions of legislation
Forwarding to Chief Parliamentary Counsel
10 Copies of legislative instruments to be forwarded to Chief Parliamentary Counsel
Numbering and notification
11 Numbering of legislative instruments
12 Notice of making of legislative instruments
13 Complying with requirement to publish or notify in Gazette by publishing and notifying under this Act
Other instruments
14 Publication of instruments other than legislative instruments
Revocation of spent instruments
15 Power to revoke spent instruments
Judicial notice of legislation
16 Judicial notice of Acts, regulations, and legislative instruments
Official versions of legislation
17 Electronic and printed official versions of legislation
18 Legal status of official version
Evidence of parliamentary journals
19 Copies of parliamentary journals to be evidence
Form of copies and reprints of legislation
20 Directions as to form of copies and reprints of legislation
21 Special requirements for copies of legislative instruments
Regulations
22 Regulations
Subpart 2—Reprints
23 Interpretation
24 Power to make changes in reprints
25 Editorial changes
26 Changes to format
27 Changes to be noted in reprint
Subpart 3—Revision Bills
Preliminary provisions
28 Interpretation
29 Overview
Preparation of revisions
30 3-yearly revision programme
31 Revision powers
32 Format of revision Bill
33 Certification of revision Bill
33A Amendments proposed by revision Bills
Interpretation of revision Acts
34 Revision Acts not intended to change effect of law
Review of this subpart
35 Review after 6 years
Part 3Subordinate legislation: Disallowable instruments and incorporation of material by reference
Subpart 1—Disallowable instruments
Interpretation
36 Interpretation
37 Disallowable instruments
38 Instruments that have significant legislative effect
39 Instruments that determine or alter temporal application
Presentation to House of Representatives
40 Legislative instruments and disallowable instruments to be presented to House of Representatives
How instruments are disallowed
41 Disallowance of instruments by resolution of House of Representatives
42 Disallowance of instrument if motion to disallow not disposed of
Effect of disallowance
43 Effect of disallowance generally
44 Effect of disallowance on enactment amended, repealed, or revoked by disallowed instrument
Amendment or substitution of instrument by House of Representatives
45 Amendment or substitution of disallowable instrument by House of Representatives
Notification of disallowance, amendment, or substitution
46 Notice of resolution or motion
Subpart 2—Incorporation by reference in instruments
47 Interpretation
48 Instruments that may incorporate material by reference
49 Application of this subpart
50 Requirement to consult on proposal to incorporate material by reference
51 Access to material incorporated by reference
52 Effect of amendments to material incorporated by reference
53 Proof of material incorporated by reference
54 Application of subpart 1 of Part 2 to instrument and material incorporated by reference
55 Application of subpart 1 of this Part to instrument incorporating material by reference
56 Application of Standards Act 1988, other enactments, and rules of law not affected
Part 4Parliamentary Counsel Office
Constitution and functions
57 Parliamentary Counsel Office continues as separate statutory office
58 Functions of PCO
58A Power to authorise drafting and printing of Government Bills by Inland Revenue Department
58B Confidentiality
Powers of Chief Parliamentary Counsel
59 Powers of Chief Parliamentary Counsel
60 Delegation of functions, responsibilities, duties, or powers
61 Absence or incapacity of Chief Parliamentary Counsel or vacancy
62 Revocation of delegations
Chief Parliamentary Counsel and employees of PCO
63 Chief Parliamentary Counsel
64 Parliamentary counsel
64A Chief Parliamentary Counsel and parliamentary counsel to hold legal qualification
65 Other employees of PCO
66 Remuneration and conditions of appointment of Chief Parliamentary Counsel
67 Chief Parliamentary Counsel acts as employer
68 Collective agreements
69 Employment principles
70 Appointments on merit
71 Chief Parliamentary Counsel to establish procedure for notifying vacancies and appointments, and reviewing appointments
71A Protection from liability
Repeals, consequential amendments, and savings
72 Repeals, consequential amendments, and savings about legislative matters
73 Savings about former principal officers and other PCO staff
Schedule Consequential amendments to Acts
Legislative history
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: