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Editors --- "The Legislative Instruments Act" [2010] AdminRw 19; (2010) 59 Admin Review 74


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The Legislative Instruments Act

In March 2008 the Attorney-General appointed a committee to review the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. The Act came into force on 1 January 2005, establishing a comprehensive regime for the making, registration, publication, parliamentary scrutiny and sunsetting of Commonwealth legislative instruments. The committee comprised Mr Anthony Blunn, Commonwealth Ombudsman Prof. John McMillan AO and Mr Ian Govey, Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department.

Overall, the committee found that the Act is performing well by providing public access to accurate and authoritative information about the law. The committee’s report makes 46 recommendations dealing, among other things, with the following:

• fine-tuning the practical operation of the Act’s regime

• supporting the operation of the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments

• encouraging better consultation practices

• promoting high drafting standards

• ensuring that legislative instruments are regularly reviewed in order to determine whether they are still needed.

The Attorney-General tabled the report in parliament on 14 May 2009. The Government is considering its response.


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