New Zealand Acts

LEGISLATION ACT 2019 - SECT 103

103 Chief executives must prepare and publish disclosure statements for Government-initiated legislation

1 The chief executive of the relevant policy agency must ensure that—

a) a disclosure statement is prepared for each of the following:

i) a Government Bill:

ii) a Government amendment:

iii) secondary legislation of a class that is specified under section 107(3)(a) ; and

b) each disclosure statement complies with—

i) section 104 ; and

ii) each notice issued under section 107 ; and

iii) each direction given under section 110 ; and

c) each disclosure statement is electronically published, in accordance with a notice issued under section 107 ,—

i) as soon as practicable after the introduction of the Government Bill or release of the Government amendment; or

ii) in the case of secondary legislation, as soon as practicable after it is published under this Act (or otherwise first made available as required by law).

2 If there is more than 1 relevant policy agency, subsection (1) applies to each chief executive for the part of the legislation or proposed legislation for which the agency is the relevant policy agency (but, in this case, a direction under section 110 may require the statements to be combined).