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Question | Answer | Note |
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Do ministries or regulatory agencies solicit comments on proposed (not yet adopted) regulations from the general public? | No | |
How are the comments received? | n/a | |
Are received comments publicly accessible? | n/a | |
Is the rulemaking body required by law to solicit these comments on proposed regulations? | No | |
Is there a specialized government body or department tasked with soliciting and receiving these comments? | No | |
Do ministries or regulatory agencies report on the results of the consultation on proposed regulations? | No | |
How does the government report on the results of the consultation? | n/a | |
Where does the government report on the results of the consultation? | n/a | |
Is reporting on the results of the consultation required by law? | No |
Question | Answer | Note |
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Do ministries or regulatory agencies conduct an impact assessment of proposed (not yet adopted) regulations? | No | |
Are there criteria used for determining which proposed regulations are subjected to an impact assessment? | No | |
Are there any specific regulatory impact assessment guidelines? | No | |
Are impact assessments required by law? | No | |
Are impact assessment made publicly available? | No | |
How is this assessment distributed? | n/a | |
When is this assessment distributed? | n/a | |
Is there an obligation for regulators to consider alternatives to proposed regulation? | No | |
Is there a specialized government body tasked with reviewing and monitoring regulatory impact assessments conducted by other individual agencies or government bodies? | No | |
Please provide the name of this government body, and explain its functions. | n/a |
Question | Answer | Note |
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Are the laws that are currently in effect available in a single place? | Yes | |
How are the laws that are in force accessed? |
On a unified website managed by the government On a unified website managed by the private sector Printed in an official gazette / journal or ot... More On a unified website managed by the government |
http://parliament.lk/en/business-of-parliament/acts-bills#current
http://www.lawlanka.com Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka The Official Gazette is accessible online (http://www.sltda.lk/sites/default/files/Gazzete_2016_04_20.pdf), as well as in print. |
Are the secondary regulations that are currently in effect codified and available in a single place? | Yes | |
Are these websites or registries updated regularly? | Yes | |
Can these websites or registries be accessed by the public free of charge? | Yes |
Question | Answer | Note |
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Do ministries or regulatory agencies conduct ex-post reviews? | No | |
Are there any criteria for which regulations are subject to ex-post reviews? | No | |
What specific approaches are used by your government? | n/a | |
Are ex-post reviews required by law? | No |
Question | Answer | Note |
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Can affected parties request reconsideration or appeal adopted regulations to the relevant administrative agency? | No | |
When appealing against adverse regulatory decisions, which options are typically available to affected parties? | n/a | |
Is there any existing requirement that regulations be periodically reviewed to see whether they are still needed or should be revised? | n/a |