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The document is a comprehensive framework created by the Central Digital and Data Office for the UK Government, providing guidelines for the adoption and responsible use of generative AI within government and public sector organizations. The framework is organized around ten guiding principles.

The Guidelines offer a comprehensive toolkit for policy- and lawmakers on how to improve their legislative process to tackle contemporary lawmaking challenges head-on and to promote more openness, transparency, accountability, inclusiveness and participation at all stages of the legislative cycle. The Guidelines are an effective instrument to ensure that lawmaking processes and adopted legislation are human rights-compliant, accessible, non-discriminatory, gender-responsive and sensitive to the needs of diverse social groups. The Guidelines also emphasize the fundamental role that non-governmental organizations play throughout the lawmaking process and can serve as an advocacy tool for civil society to ensure that the people affected by legislation are informed about, and have a say in shaping its contents.
It is our hope that these Guidelines will be a useful source of information and will provide users with practical, hands-on advice on how to reform their legislative rules and practices in compliance with international human rights and rule of law standards and OSCE commitments, leading to better-quality laws. Their ultimate goal is to empower decision makers to develop legislation that truly serves the people.

Regulatory sandboxes, controlled regulatory environments for the testing of novel products or processes, have garnered an increasing amount of attention over the last decade. More recently, regulatory sandboxes have been presented as innovation-friendly instruments. This article contends that fostering responsible innovation through regulatory sandboxes presents significant challenges. First, there is no consensus on what the advancement of innovation entails, how to achieve it, and what the role of regulations and regulatory sandboxes should be in it. Second, there is a lack of clarity regarding the definition and functioning of regulatory sandboxes. Third, there is a risk of regulatory capture due to the close collaboration between regulators and regulatees. Drawing on Italy’s initial experiences with general and sector-specific regulatory sandboxes and existing scholarship on experimental regulatory instruments, this article contributes to the ongoing debate on regulation and innovation by critically examining the interplay between regulatory sandboxes and the promotion of responsible innovation. Furthermore, it explores the impact of regulatory sandboxes on the evolving collaborative dimensions of public law and provides policymakers and regulators with actionable insights for navigating this innovative regulatory tool.