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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

Regulation papers

Matters requiring action by the Executive Council

Are regulations needed?

The approval process for regulations

Format for papers for regulations ready for submission to Executive Council

Items that can go directly to Exective Council without referral from Cabinet

Publising Executive Council items in the New Zealand Gazette

The 28 day rule

Accompanying documentation for regulations going to Executive Council

Checklist for developing regulations


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