Secondary Legislation Access To Be Improved

Secondary Legislation Access To Be Improved

Currently most secondary legislation is drafted and published by agencies and is difficult to access. In fact, no one knows how much there is, with estimates ranging from 7500-10,000 published by about 100 government and non-government agencies, plus ...

Secondary legislation access to be improved

A bill to make it easier to find and comply with the law and to digitise government services by improving access to secondary legislation has passed its first reading, Attorney-General Judith Collins says. “Secondary legislation includes regulations and many types of orders, rules, exemptions, bylaws, notices and instruments with many different names,” Ms Collins says. “The Legislation Amendment Bill promotes high-quality legislation for New Zea…