The Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2024

Summary

Amends the Statutory Instruments Act to provide timelines within which statutory instruments shall be made; makes failure to make an instrument an offence; and permits any person to petition Parliament and submit a draft statutory instrument for consideration.

Issued by

Senate

Who it affects

regulation-making authorities, the responsible Cabinet Secretary, persons authorized to make a statutory instrument under an Act of Parliament, and persons petitioning Parliament