CabGuide

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Context

  • Definitions & explanations
  • Getting started
  • Writing papers

Procedures

  • Agendas
  • Appointments
  • Consultation
  • Executive Council and the Governor-General
  • International treaty-making
  • Legislation and regulations
    • Bills
    • Checking human rights issues
    • Regulations and Executive Council
    • The Legislation Programme
    • Structure: papers on items for Executive Council
    • Structure: papers seeking priority for a bill
    • Structure: papers seeking to introduce a bill
  • 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

Legislation and regulations

Bills:

  • introducing a bill
  • Bill of Rights vetting

Checking human rights issues once proposals have reached the legislative or regulatory stage:

  • human rights implications statement in papers
  • Attorney-General report
  • Regulations Review Committee report

Regulations and Executive Council:

  • are regulations needed?
  • the approval process for regulations
  • accompanying documentation for regulations going to Executive Council

What items can go directly to Executive Council?

The Legislation Programme

The structure of papers seeking approval for the submission of items to Executive Council

The structure of papers seeking priority for a bill on the Legislation Programme

The structure of papers seeking to introduce a bill 


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