Legislation Act 2001

the authorising law;

a brief statement of the policy objectives of the proposed law and the reasons for them;

a brief statement of the way the policy objectives will be achieved by the proposed law and why this way of achieving them is reasonable and appropriate;

a brief explanation of how the proposed law is consistent with the policy objectives of the authorising law;

if the proposed law is inconsistent with the policy objectives of another territory law—

a brief explanation of the relationship with the other law; and

a brief explanation for the inconsistency;

if appropriate, a brief statement of any reasonable alternative way of achieving the policy objectives (including the option of not making a subordinate law or disallowable instrument) and why the alternative was rejected;

a brief assessment of the benefits and costs of implementing the proposed law that—

if practicable and appropriate, quantifies the benefits and costs; and

includes a comparison of the benefits and costs with the benefits and costs of any reasonable alternative way of achieving the policy objectives stated under paragraph (f);

a brief assessment of the consistency of the proposed law with the scrutiny committee principles and, if it is inconsistent with the principles, the reasons for the inconsistency.