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The Regulatory Framework outlines the hierarchical structure of a comprehensive regulatory
system, organized into six main levels, each serving a distinct purpose in ensuring effective
governance, compliance, and guidance for regulatory processes.

1. Act/Ordinance (Top Level) 4. Licenses, Certificates, License
Conditions, and Orders
Overview: This represents the highest level of
legal authority in the framework, enacted by a Overview: Instruments that enforce
legislative body—Federal Act by Parliament regulations by granting permissions, setting
and Ordinance by the Sarawak Legislative conditions, or issuing specific instructions.
Council.
Purpose: To operationalize compliance
Purpose: Provides the legal foundation and through approvals, certifications, or directives
overarching authority for all subsequent tailored to individual or organisational needs.
policies and regulations.
Example: Issuing licenses for operating
Example: Statutory laws or ordinances that educational institutions or certificates for
define the scope and objectives of regulatory research compliance.
actions (e.g., Education Acts or Innovation
Policies). 5. Regulatory Documents

2. Policy Overview: Documents that provide detailed
instructions and criteria to guide compliance
Overview: Policies establish the strategic with regulations. These are not legally binding
direction and interpretive framework for but offer practical implementation guidance.
implementing laws. They provide guidance on
how the Act/Ordinance should be Purpose: To standardize practices and
operationalized through regulations. ensure transparency in regulatory processes.

Purpose: To translate legal mandates into Example: Guidelines on the approval process
actionable strategies, ensuring consistency for academic programs or procedures for
and adaptability in regulatory enforcement. obtaining research grants.

Example: Policies governing talent 6. Guidance (Bottom Level)
development initiatives, education sector
Overview: A collection of supporting
innovation, or research commercialization.
documents that provide specific details, best
3. Regulations practices, and technical guidance for
compliance and operational excellence.
Overview: Detailed rules derived from the
Act/Ordinance and guided by policies. Guidance Documents: Offer general advice
Regulations specify the requirements and on complying with regulations.
conditions necessary to operationalize the Staff Review Guides: Provide internal staff
legal framework.
with procedural frameworks for reviewing
Purpose: To ensure consistency, compliance applications or processes.
enforcement, and compliance with the legal
provisions established in the Act, in alignment
with policy objectives.

Example: Regulations governing the
accreditation of educational institutions or
standards for research and development
initiatives.

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