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Summary of Contents
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1. Governor-General & Executive Council
2. Ministers of the Crown: Appointment & Role
3. Ministers of the Crown & the State Sector
4. Ministers & the Law
5. Cabinet Decision Making
Introduction
Cabinet
Cabinet committees
Principles of Cabinet decision making
Cabinet and Cabinet committee procedures
Secretary of the Cabinet and the Cabinet Office
6. Elections, Transitions, & Government Formation
7. The Executive, Legislation, & the House
8. Official Information
Appendices
Index
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5. Cabinet Decision Making
Related information
Detailed guidance and information Cabinet and Cabinet committee processes is available in the
CabGuide
,
www.cabguide.cabinetoffice.govt.nz
.
Chapter contents
Introduction
Cabinet
Cabinet committees
Principles of Cabinet decision making
Items for consideration by Cabinet
Consultation
Portfolio consultation
Political consultation
Departmental consultation
Statutory consultation processes
Confidentiality
Collective responsibility
Collective responsibility and Ministers
Collective decision making and government agencies
Exercise of Ministers’ statutory powers and functions in the collective Cabinet context
Statutory decisions
Statutory decisions and Executive Council
Cabinet and Cabinet committee procedures
Preparing and submitting Cabinet papers
Deadlines and late papers
Amendments to papers
Withdrawal of papers
Agendas
Oral items
Minutes
Meetings
Chairs of meetings
Attendance of Ministers
Quorum
Attendance of officials and visiting dignitaries at Cabinet
Attendance of officials at Cabinet committee meetings
Financial matters and Cabinet
Government spending
The Budget cycle
The Crown's financial veto
Regulatory impact analysis
Constitutional issues and Cabinet
International treaties and Cabinet
Cabinet and the Resource Management Act 1991
Referral to Cabinet of decisions taken outside the Cabinet process
Secretary of the Cabinet and the Cabinet Office
