The Role of Parliament in the Development of Regulatory Impact Assessment

This research aims to (1) study historical development of the concept and basic principles of the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) in foreign countries and Thailand; 2) compare the RlA mechanism of the OECD Members States and non - Members States with Thailand; (3) analyze the guideline of regulations and methods of the RIA mechanism and the review of the quality of RlA Statement (RIS), illustrated by case study of the implementation of the article 77 of the
Constitution of Thailand, B.E. 2560; analysis of the role of the parliament in the development of RIA model for the legal reform in accordance with the Constitution of Thailand, BE 2560, article 77 and article 258 c.; and (5) recommend the guidelines to develop the RIA model of the parliament for draft laws submitted directly by the Members of the House of Representatives and by the initiative of the people in accordance with the article 77, article 258 c. of Constitution of Thailand,
B.E. 2560 and related regulations.

This research is a qualitative research, applying documentary research. The researcher has collected and analyzed the secondary data of related literature documents concerning the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) in Thailand and foreign countries, especially the OECD Members States, the countries in ASEAN and Asia-Pacific region, such as related research reports, thesis, independent studies, legal books and academic papers, as well as conference proceedings. The
researcher has collected the primary data from the in-depth intenview and focus group discussion of 35 key Informants by purposive selection from three categories of experts: (1) legislative, executive, judicial experts, (2) persons affected by the regulatory impacts in private and popular sectors, (3) academic experts from law, political science, public administration and economics in order to implement the data triangulation of collected documents and primany data collected from the key informants as name lists in the research annex.

This research aims to (1) study historical development of the concept and basic principles of the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) in foreign countries and Thailand; 2) compare the RlA mechanism of the OECD Members States and non - Members States with Thailand; (3) analyze the guideline of regulations and methods of the RIA mechanism and the review of the quality of RlA Statement (RIS), illustrated by case study of the implementation of the article 77 of the
Constitution of Thailand, B.E. 2560; analysis of the role of the parliament in the development of RIA model for the legal reform in accordance with the Constitution of Thailand, BE 2560, article 77 and article 258 c.; and (5) recommend the guidelines to develop the RIA model of the parliament for draft laws submitted directly by the Members of the House of Representatives and by the initiative of the people in accordance with the article 77, article 258 c. of Constitution of Thailand,
B.E. 2560 and related regulations.

This research is a qualitative research, applying documentary research. The researcher has collected and analyzed the secondary data of related literature documents concerning the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) in Thailand and foreign countries, especially the OECD Members States, the countries in ASEAN and Asia-Pacific region, such as related research reports, thesis, independent studies, legal books and academic papers, as well as conference proceedings. The
researcher has collected the primary data from the in-depth interview and focus group discussion of 35 key Informants by purposive selection from three  categories of experts: (1) legislative, executive, judicial experts, (2) persons affected by the regulatory impacts in private and popular sectors, (3) academic experts from law, political science, public administration and economics in order to implement the data triangulation of collected documents and primany data collected from the key informants as name lists in the research annex.