Volume Massey University Albany. Oxford Academic. Google Scholar. Select Format Select format. Permissions Icon Permissions. Abstract The New Zealand Cabinet Manual is regarded as an authoritative guide to the conduct of the executive in that country, and it is now a public document accessible online.
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Don't have an account? The Manual now includes the existing requirement for policy, discussion or consultative documents to be submitted to Cabinet before publication. The section on distribution of Cabinet documents now clarifies that the Cabinet Office does not usually provide papers and minutes to Crown agencies other than departments, but that Ministers may forward copies of papers if appropriate. A new section on regulations has been added, to replace and expand on material previously spread throughout the Manual.
It is closely based on guidance issued as a Cabinet Office circular in The section on select committees has been updated and expanded slightly to reflect the new Standing Orders and the guidelines recently issued by the State Services Commission on the public service and select committees. The section on caucus has been expanded slightly to reflect the possibility of coalition governments with several caucuses. Similar changes have been made throughout the chapter.
A new section on the role of the government and the public service in relation to citizens' initiated referenda proposals has been added. It summarises a Cabinet Office circular on this issue. The section on Crown legal business has been expanded to include the guidance on determining responsibility for Treaty of Waitangi claims set out in a Cabinet Office circular.
The discussion of the convention on access to papers of previous administrations has been clarified slightly to incorporate the practical requirements for handling requests for such papers which were set out in a Cabinet Office circular. The chapter has also been revised to refer to various guidelines issued by the Ombudsman and the SSC on official information matters.
Menu Close. At the same time, she has looked ahead — anticipating where problems might lie, preparing for the unforeseen, and making changes where needed. For that reason, Diane has had the respect of Prime Ministers, Ministers, Governors-General, and colleagues in the public service. As Clerk of the Executive Council, working to both Governors-General and Prime Ministers, and as Secretary of the Cabinet, conveying advice and decisions between Ministers and the Public Service, Diane has ensured that processes have worked smoothly.
The high quality and the nature of the advice which Diane gives is closely paralleled by the nature of the guidance in the Cabinet Manual — it too is a sound and trusted source of advice on the processes of executive government. So it is fitting that we should gather here not only to farewell Diane, but also to launch the edition of the Cabinet Manual, the production of which she has supervised. It is regularly updated so that it remains relevant and reflects the changes which take place in our system.
The Cabinet Manual records the constitutional conventions and principles which surround Cabinet government. It is also a practical tool to which Ministers and others working in government can turn. I see the strong system of Cabinet government as one of the great strengths of the New Zealand political system, and the Cabinet Manual is an important and reliable guide to that system.
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