Kinds of Administrative Rules and Regulations

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1. Which description best identifies a substantive administrative rule?
2. What is the central function of a genuine interpretative issuance?
3. Which is the clearest example of a merely internal instruction?
4. A supervisor assigns which desk will route incoming files, without changing public entitlements, duties or procedures. …
5. An agency calls a circular interpretative, but it introduces a new binding condition on permit applicants not previousl…
6. An agency issues a document headed Staff Guidance. It directs officials to deny all members of the public a license unl…
7. A circular genuinely explains an existing provision without adding a requirement, penalty or legal burden. A separate c…
8. Distinguish a substantive rule, a genuine interpretative issuance and a merely internal instruction.
9. Why does the phrase addressed to staff not conclusively establish that an issuance is internal?
10. A circular is genuinely interpretative. Explain why this does not mean its legal interpretation can override the statut…
11. Does Book VII define rule-making as only the first issuance of a rule, excluding amendment and repeal?
12. Can an agency rule regulate procedures available to members of the public even without creating a new substantive offen…