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Title: Legislation and Opinion Bureau


1
Legislation and Opinion Bureau
  • On behalf of LOB
  • Mais Khlaifat
  • Assisstant Director/Legal Affairs Directorate
  • Executive Privatization Commission

2
Responsibilities of the LOB
  • Review and study any draft legislation, and
    modify it if deemed necessary
  • Draft any legislation upon the request of the PM,
    however, that does not hinder their right in
    taking the initiative to suggest a new
    legislation or amendment to a current one.

3
Responsibilities of the LOB
  • Participate in developing legislations in Jordan,
    prepare study papers and research, hold seminars
    and lectures
  • provide legal opinions in issues presented to
    the LOB directly by ministries and other
    governmental bodies and local authorities
  • Draft decisions and other regulatory instructions
    issued by the Cabinet
  • Any other responsibilities that are related to
    legislation or legal issues

4
Steps taken by LOB
  • Establish a (Legislative Data Unit) within LOB to
    build a data base for all legislative data that
    includes
  • The constitution and related regulations in
    addition to resolutions of the High Council for
    Constitution interpretation.
  • Laws and related regulations as well as
    resolutions of laws interpretation Bureau
  • Instructions issued in relation to laws and
    regulations
  • Legal consultations provided by LOB on various
    legal issues
  • The parliament, Ministry of Justice and the
    Judicial Council has been given access to this
    data base

5
Steps taken by LOB
  • In support of good governance and transparency
    principle LOB has founded a website which hosts
    all draft legislation submitted for LOB review,
    this website also allows commenting on draft
    legislation
  • www.lob.gov.jo
  • These comments and notes are taken into
    consideration when reviewing the draft
    legislation

6
Steps taken by LOB
  • Review current legislation in light of
    continuously changing circumstances and new
    legislations to eliminate inconsistency and
    overlapping of legislation

7
Steps Needed
  • Establish a legislation translation unit within
    LOB to allow LOB to learn and study international
    practices as well as translate Jordanian
    legislation the thing that results ultimately in
    uniformity in legislation method among all
    countries
  • Establish an independent agency that deals with
    all legislation related issues including adopting
    legal terminology, ensuring that an article in a
    regulation does not contradict an article in a
    law.

8
Recommendations
  • Establish an international legal data base which
    will enable members to learn about new
    developments in legislative drafting
  • It is necessary for every legislative agency to
    have a unit that provides compelling reasons for
    a legislation as well as provides annotations
    that explains that legislation
  • Facilitate study visits and training among
    participating countries which is a ley element in
    capacity building
  • A mandatory legislative drafting course should be
    added to the curriculum of law school in
    universities

9
THANK YOU
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