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Abstract

To ensure that necessary and efficient laws will be implemented without burdening
the daily life of the people, Article 77 of the 2017 Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand
requires the State to conduct public consultation and to appraise the tentative impacts of a
law prior to its enactment. Following the mandate of the Constitution, the Act on the Rules

for the Drafting of Legislation and the Evaluation of the Law 2019 has laid down further rules
and procedures to conduct a regulatory necessity assessment, a regulatory impact appraisal
and a public consultation. The underlying spirit in both Article 77 and its derivative Act
resonates the global idea of Regulatory Impact Assessment or RIA.

While Article 77 is imbued with the ambition to improve the whole law-making process
in Thailand, the implementation of the Article has been proved to be challenging since the
government agencies, the legislators and the public sector lack sufficient knowledge and
know-how to perform an effective RIA. In order to overcome this challenge, this research aims
to create a comprehensive body of knowledge covering both theoretical and practical matters

necessary for the successful implementation of the Article. The research will, first, provide an
overview of RIA, including its theory, methods and receptions in foreign countries, and a
compliance guideline for the Act on the Rules for the Drafting of Legislation and the

Evaluation of the Law 2019. Secondly, the research will write a case study and other learning
materials, supplementing the theoretical knowledge. Lastly, the research will produce a
handbook on conducting an RIA. Overall, this research aims to build an intellectual foundation
on RIA for further research and future development, as well as to provide essential tools for

practitioners involving in the business of law-making to be able to perform an RIA, thereby
accomplishing the goal of Article 77 of the 2017 Constitution.