at  this  point  that  the  New  Zealand  Parliament  has  developed  a  practice  to  fast- track  legislation  by  use  of  Order  in  Council.    This  is  the  affirmative  resolution procedure that has grown up in relatively recent times.³¹  The procedure delegates to  the  Executive  the  power  to  amend  certain  statutes  by  Order  in  Council  on condition   that   the   order   is   confirmed   by   resolution   of   the   House   of Representatives.  First introduced in 2000, it has been used for the changes to the Misuse of Drugs Act and the Dog Control Act.    73 The Regulations Review Committee has published an interim report questioning the  procedure.    The  Select  Committee  pointed  out  that  in  a  situation  of  real emergency,  the  urgency  procedure  for  primary  legislation  would  be  a  better solution than affirmative resolutions.  It said secondly that confirmation Bills may be   a   more   suitable   way   of   providing   enhanced   Parliamentary   control   of regulations.³² 74 The Government’s response to this report was interesting.  It was: The Government does not want to see the proliferation of the affirmative resolution procedure.    At  the  same  time,  however,  there  are  some  limited  and  exceptional circumstances where the affirmative resolution procedure is justifiable.³³ 75 The  struggles  that  the  Regulations  Review  Committee  has  had  with  “deemed regulations”  over  many  years  now  is  a  further  example  of  the  problems  that delegated  legislation  can  cause.³⁴    The  difficulties  with  deemed  regulations  are that they are not drafted by Parliamentary Counsel.  They are not published in the statutory  regulations  series.    They  are  not  approved  by  Cabinet.    Often  they contain material incorporated by reference which gives rise to problems.                                                  31   Rebecca  Prebble  The  Trouble  with  Convenience:  Problems  Arising  from  the  Use  of  the Affirmative  Resolution  Procedure  to  Amend  Legislation  (LLM  Research  Paper,  Victoria University of Wellington, 2005).   32   Regulations   Review   Committee,   “Interim   Report   on   the   Inquiry   into   Affirmative Resolution Procedure” [2004] AJHR 1 I6F.    33   “Interim Report on the ‘Inquiry into Affirmative Resolution Procedure’” presented to the House of Representatives in accordance with standing order 251A(5) (29 September 2004).    34   Regulations  Review  Committee  Inquiry  into  instruments  deemed  to  be  regulations  –  an examination   of   delegated   legislation:   Report   of   the   Regulations   Review   Committee (Wellington, July 1999); Inquiry into principles determining whether delegated legislation is giving the status of regulations (Wellington, June 2004).    24