New Zealand Acts

LEGISLATION ACT 2019 - SECT 107

107 Government notice must be issued to support consistent approach across agencies

1 The responsible Minister and the Attorney-General must, in order to support a consistent approach to disclosure under this Part,—

a) jointly issue 1 or more notices under this section; and

b) take all reasonable steps to ensure that at least 1 notice is in force, and remains in force, on and after the date that is 12 months after the date on which this Part comes into force.

2 The notice or notices must—

a) provide for the information that must be contained (or linked to) in disclosure statements under section 104 , including—

i) specifying the information about departures from the legislative guidelines or standards that must be contained (or linked) in disclosure statements; and

ii) identifying legislative guidelines or standards (in whole or in part) for that purpose; and

b) state how disclosure statements must be electronically published; and

c) provide for any other matters required, under this subpart, to be done in accordance with the notice.

3 A notice may also—

a) specify 1 or more classes of secondary legislation to which section 103 applies:

b) in addition to the information referred to in subsection (2)(a), require a disclosure statement to contain, or have a link to, other information about specified matters (for example, information about the drafting of the legislation or about plans for the implementation, monitoring, or review of the legislation).

4 A notice under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 for publication requirements).