Legislation Guidelines: 2021 edition
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The Legislation Guidelines replace the LDAC Guidelines (2018 edition).
Legislation Guidelines: 2021 Edition
What is the Legislation Design and Advisory Committee?
When and How to Use These Guidelines
- Chapter 1 Good legislative design
- Chapter 2 Defining the policy objective and purpose of proposed legislation
- Chapter 3 How new legislation relates to the existing law
Constitutional Issues and Recognising Rights
- Chapter 4 Fundamental constitutional principles and values of New Zealand law
- Chapter 5 The Treaty of Waitangi, Treaty settlements, and Māori interests
- Chapter 6 New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
- Chapter 7 Discrimination and distinguishing between different groups
- Chapter 8 Privacy and dealing with information about people
- Chapter 9 Treaties and international obligations
- Chapter 10 Dealing with conduct, people, and things outside New Zealand
Issues Relevant to All Legislation
- Chapter 11 Applying an Act to the Crown
- Chapter 12 Affecting existing rights, duties, and situations and addressing past conduct
- Chapter 13 Interpretation and application of legislation
Issues Particularly Relevant to Empowering Secondary Legislation
- Chapter 14 Delegating law-making powers
- Chapter 15 Some specific types of empowering provisions
- Chapter 16 Delegating powers to grant exemptions
- Chapter 17 Authorising the charging of fees and levies
- Chapter 18 Creating a new statutory power
- Chapter 19 Requiring decision-makers to consult
- Chapter 20 Creating a new public body
- Chapter 21 Creating powers of search, surveillance and seizure
- Chapter 22 Ways to achieve compliance and enforce legislation
- Chapter 23 Creating new, or relying on existing, civil remedies
- Chapter 24 Creating criminal offences
- Chapter 25 Creating infringement offences
- Chapter 26 Pecuniary penalties
- Chapter 27 Imposing time limits for enforcement