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This enactment reforms and modernizes the regulatory process
currently established by the Statutory Instruments Act. The key
components of the enactment are:
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- a simpler, more principled definition of ``regulation'';
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- an expedited process for regulations that do not require legal
review;
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- a revision of the bases for exempting regulations from the
regulatory process so that the exemptions reflect the purposes of
the Act and the public interest;
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- modernization of the regulatory process by providing for
consultation, registration and publication by electronic means;
and
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- maintenance of government accountability for regulations
through effective Parliamentary scrutiny.
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