24-07-2025
Have Your Say On The Legislation Amendment Bill
The Justice Committee is calling for public submissions on the Legislation Amendment Bill. The bill seeks to promote high-quality legislation for New Zealand that is easy to find, use, and understand. It aims to do so by:
requiring departments to electronically publish on their website (or another approved website) any secondary legislation they draft, along with related information
providing for the New Zealand Legislation website, which the Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO) maintains, to be a single point of access to legislation and information related to legislation
providing rules, powers, functions, and duties for the PCO, the Attorney-General, and administering agencies to support the changes
amending other legislation to support and promote consistency with the new publication requirements and enable an orderly transition to them
improving tools for modernising and simplifying legislation and keeping it up to date
repealing obsolete or redundant legislation that the PCO has identified as part of its functions under the Legislation Act 2019
refining provisions for confirming secondary legislation.
Make a submission on the bill by 1.00pm on Thursday 28 August 2025.
