The Regulation Committee was first established on a trial basis on 23 November 2017  in the 56th Parliament. The Committee was reappointed in the 57th Parliament on 8 May 2019. 

The committee was established to inquire into and report on:

• any instruments of a legislative nature regardless of its form, including the policy or substantive content of the instrument,  

• draft delegated legislation, and  

• trends or issues in relation to delegated legislation.

The Regulation Committee tabled its Evaluation Report into the trial on 9 November 2018.