This data category requires all national laws and statutes available to be available online, although it is not a requirement that information on legislative behaviour e.g. voting records is available. To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

  • Content of the law / status
  • If applicable, all relevant amendments to the law
  • Date of last amendments
  • Data should be updated at least on quarterly

Data Location

https://www.legislation.govt.nz

Comments

Legislation is available in machine readable format (XML) and in bulk (all publicly available legislation) here: https://www.legislation.govt.nz/subscribe

Reviewer comments

XML format a bonus but hard to find.

Data Availability

  • Y Openly licensed
  • Y Is the data available for free
  • Y Is the data machine readable
  • Y Available in bulk
  • Y Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis
  • Y Is data in digital form
  • Y Publicly available
  • Y Does the data exist
  • Y Is the data available online
Key:
  • Yes
  • No
  • Unsure
  • No data

Details

Date the data became available   Unknown
Format of data   HTML,PDF,XML
Reviewer   Alex Sadleir
Submitters   Mark Heseltine
Last modified   Mon Oct 27 2014 13:06:51 GMT+0000 (UTC)