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Context

  • Definitions & explanations
  • Getting started
  • Writing papers
    • All papers
    • Appointment papers
    • Checklist for departments
    • Checklist for Ministers' offices
    • Getting a Minister to sign a paper
    • Good presentation
    • Legislative papers
    • Ministers' overseas travel papers
    • Papers on major policy issues: format options
    • Policy papers
    • Regulation papers
    • Security classifications
    • Submitting papers to Cabinet & committees
    • Writing tips

Procedures

  • Agendas
  • Appointments
  • Consultation
  • Executive Council and the Governor-General
  • International treaty-making
  • Legislation and regulations
  • Meetings
  • Ministers' overseas travel
  • Minutes
  • Papers

Tools

  • Checklists
  • Consultation topics
  • Examples
  • Flowcharts
  • Forms

Useful links

  • Cabinet Manual
  • Cabinet & Committees workspace
  • Policy Development Toolkit
  • Other links

Legislative papers

The Legislation Programme

  • format for papers to LEG requesting a priority for a bill on the Legislation Programme

Approval for the introduction of a Bill into the House

  • format for papers on draft Bills ready for introduction

Timeframe for Bill of Rights vetting

Consultation by Ministers

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