New Zealand Acts

LEGISLATION ACT 2019 - SECT 104

104 What must be contained, or linked to, in disclosure statements

1 A disclosure statement for a Government Bill, Government amendment, or secondary legislation must contain (or link to) the following:

a) information about—

i) the policy background of the Bill, amendment, or secondary legislation; and

ii) the main legislative quality procedures that have been carried out by or on behalf of the relevant policy agency in relation to the Bill, amendment, or secondary legislation; and

iii) any provisions of the Bill, amendment, or secondary legislation that, in the chief executive’s opinion, are unusual or involve matters that call for particular attention; and

b) the information about departures from the legislative guidelines or standards that is required by each notice under section 107 .

2 However, the disclosure statement does not need to include the chief executive’s (or the policy agency’s) reasons or justifications for the decisions taken by the Government on the Government Bill, Government amendment, or secondary legislation.