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| Question | Answer | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Do ministries or regulatory agencies develop forward regulatory plans – that is, a public list of anticipated regulatory changes or proposals intended to be adopted/implemented within a specified time frame? | No | |
| Are these plans available to general public? | No | |
| Do ministries or regulatory agencies publish the text or summary of proposed (not yet adopted) regulations before their enactment? | No | |
| Where is the draft text or summary published? | n/a | |
| Do ministries or regulatory agencies have the legal obligation to publish the text of proposed regulations before their enactment? | No | |
| Is the entire text of the proposed draft published? | No | |
| Is there a period of time set by law for the text of the proposed regulations to be publicly available? | No |
| Question | Answer | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Are the laws that are currently in effect available in a single place? | Yes | |
| How are the laws that are in force accessed? | Other |
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (http://www.paclii.org/)
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| 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? | n/a |
| Question | Answer | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Do ministries or regulatory agencies conduct ex-post reviews? | n/a | |
| Are there any criteria for which regulations are subject to ex-post reviews? | n/a | |
| What specific approaches are used by your government? | n/a | |
| Are ex-post reviews required by law? | n/a |
| Question | Answer | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |