Legislation by stealth
It wasn’t all that long ago that a politician commented to the effect that regulations were simply legislation by stealth. Or more succinctly, regulations are a way for a government department to introduce (often) draconian rules that would not survive scrutiny in parliament.
The first occasion that I fell foul of some regulations was when the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) converted some of its transport requirements into rules back in 1992. Its first rule was to the
