Committee guidelines
These guidelines set out the committee’s expectations in relation to its technical scrutiny principles. Scrutiny issues identified by the committee may fall within more than one principle.
The guidelines are a guide only and should not be taken as either comprehensive or definitive.
Last updated July 2022.
Committee guidelines (PDF 308KB)
Additional scrutiny resources
- Attorney-General's Department, A Guide to Framing Commonwealth Offences, Infringement Notices and Enforcement Powers, May 2024 edition
- Attorney-General's Department, What decisions should be subject to merit review? ARC publication 1999, January 1999
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Legislation Handbook, 2017
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel, Drafting Directions
- Parliament of Western Australia, Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, Access to Australian Standards adopted in delegated legislation, 2016
- Scrutiny of National Schemes of Legislation, Position Paper by the Working Party of Representatives of Scrutiny of Legislation Committees throughout Australia (PDF 365KB)
