Extract from a law book, on the role of Hitler's deputy (Hess) in reviewing and proposing laws and decrees in order to promote "the good of the party"

LEGAL REGULATIONS AND LEGAL PROBLEMS OF THE MOVEMENT
fRechtseinrichtungen und Rechtsaufgaben der Bewegung] by Dr. Otto Gau Weiler (Munich 1939), page 20.
a. Amendments in Reich Legislation:
By an order of the Fuehrer, dated 25 July 1934, his Deputy, as well as appointed reviewers, were given the power to take part in the editing of bills dealing with all the departments of
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the Reich. On the basis of this decree, the Deputy of the Fuehrer was to be invited to all discussions of the department heads, to which he could also send his representatives. Drafts of the laws had to be presented to the Deputy of the Fuehrer in the form of reviewer's drafts [Referentenentwuerfe] and not as Cabinet bills. From a special order from the Fuehrer, 6 April 35, this privilege of participation in government affairs by the Fuehrer's Deputy was expanded to include all executive decisions and orders insofar as they were published in the Reichsgesetzblatt. The Deputy of the Fuehrer can on his own initiative introduce bills, etc. regardless in what field; insofar as the good of the party is concerned, he is the man in charge.
Thus, the direct influence of the movement on the legislation and the executive branch was assured at a point where up to now the laws were an interna] affair of the individual ministries. From now on, technical considerations or considerations of time cannot interfere with the requests and plans of the party.