OTHER RESOURCES
1.22 A range of other resource materials are available to assist departments when they are developing policies and legislative proposals—for example:
- (a) Cabinet procedures are set out in the Cabinet Handbook;
- (b) procedures for making subordinate legislation, such as regulations, are set out in the Federal Executive Council Handbook;
- (c) an electronic database of Commonwealth primary and subordinate legislation, as well as other ancillary documents and information, are available on the Federal Register of Legislation;
- (d) all bills, subsequent prints of bills, their associated documents, and other bill‑related information can be found on bill homepages on the Parliament House website;
- (e) drafting directions, the Instruments Handbook and other guidance materials prepared by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel are available on the OPC website;
- (f) legislative design and scrutiny materials on criminal law, administrative law, privacy, human rights and other legal policy matters for which AGD is responsible are available on AGD's website; and
- (g) the Australian Government Guide to Regulation provides the context for regulations and guidance on Australian Government regulation impact statements.
