Annex A. Legislative Drafting Guidelines: Palestinian Authority RIA Template

Element

Content

1. Document title on the cover

2. Executive summary

Includes main elements of the document and outcomes in brief

3. Problem

Focuses on and clarifies main problem and should include the following:

• Problem date

• Problem causes

• Relevant laws

• Statistics

• Risk assessment

• government’s position

4. Alternatives

The following must be specified:

• Non-action option

• Non-legitimate intervention

• Legislative-intervention

• Legislative and non-legislative intervention

For each alternative, the following points need to be examined:

• What is the alternative?

• Possible impacts

• Distribution of impacts, what categories are directly affected by each impact

• Financial costs and advantages of the intervention

5. Alternative adopted by the government

One alternative must be selected

6. Public consultations

Parties consulted must be included:

• Party consulted

• Topic of the consultation

• Means of consultation

7. Commitment and implementation

Mention mechanisms and means for implementation and commitment; how mechanism to be implemented and costs of implementation

8. Follow-up and evaluation

Mention follow-up mechanism that will be included in the law (Who control what? When and how?)

9. Recommendation

Mention the important recommendations