Regulatory Review Work Programme Information Release
Page updated 28 Jun 2011
In February this year the Government has agreed to a regulatory review programme for 2009. Information and key documents that have been released are available on this page.
Regulations to be reviewed are:
- Building Act
- Electricity institutional arrangements
- Election commitments around Employment Relations Act
- Foreshore and Seabed Act
- Holidays Act
- Overseas Investment Act
- Resource Management
- Telecommunications Act
- Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act
This is in addition to reviews that are already underway, such as:
- Climate Change Response Act
- Dairy Restructuring (Raw Milk) Regulations
Terms of reference for these reviews will be agreed shortly. Reviews are expected to deliver a feasible set of options that:
- be the minimum necessary to achieve its objectives, having assessed costs, benefits and risks;
- be as generic and as simple as the sector allows;
- use self-regulatory approaches where appropriate;
- be appropriately durable, predictable and adaptable;
- where appropriate accord with international best practice being mindful of our commitment to a single economic market with Australia;
- minimise compliance costs imposed; and
- aim to minimise adverse impacts on:
- innovation and investments;
- competition;
- individual responsibility (with appropriate risk balance); and
- property rights.
Release Documents
Documents released below include Cabinet papers and minutes of decisons relating to the government's regulatory review programme for 2009.
These documents are available in Adobe PDF format only. HTML versions can be supplied on request from Information Services. Using PDF Files
| Doc. Date | Created by | Title | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Feb 2009 | Cabinet Office | Cabinet Minute CAB Min (09) 6/5B: Regulatory Review Programme: Immediate Removal of Inefficient and Superfluous Regulation Released 7 April 2009. |
cabmin-09-6-5b.pdf (206 KB) |
| 23 Feb 2009 | Cabinet Office | Cabinet Minute CAB Min (09) 6/5A: Regulatory Review Programme: Reviews of Major Regulatory Regimes for 2009 and 2010 Released 7 April 2009. |
cabmin-09-6-5a.pdf (34 KB) |
| 11 Feb 2009 | Office of the Minister for Regulatory Reform | Memorandum to Cabinet Economic Growth and Infrastructure Committee EGI (09) 7: Regulatory Review Programme: Immediate Removal of Inefficient and Superfluous Regulation Released 7 April 2009. |
egi-09-7.pdf (94 KB) |
| 11 Feb 2009 | Office of the Minister of Finance | Memorandum to Cabinet Economic Growth and Infrastructure Committee EGI (09) 5: Regulatory Review Programme: Reviews of Major Regulatory Regimes for 2009 and 2010 Released 7 April 2009. |
egi-09-5.pdf (206 KB) |
Reviews
- Telecommunications review(Ministry of Economic Development)
- Dairy industry restructuring (Raw Milk) regulations(Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)
- Resource Management Act(Ministry for the Environment)
- Overseas Investment Act (Treasury)
- Climate Change Response Act(Climate Change Information New Zealand)
- Holidays Act(Department of Labour)
- Air Quality Standards review(Ministry for the Environment)
- Seabed and Foreshore Act(Ministry of Justice)
- Food Act(New Zealand Food Safety Authority)
Contact for Enquiries
Kirsty Flannagan | Manager, Regulatory Quality Team
Tel: +64 4 917 6050
kirsty.flannagan@treasury.govt.nz
Tel: +64 4 917 6050
kirsty.flannagan@treasury.govt.nz
