About this guidance
Cabinet requires that independent quality assurance (QA) is undertaken on all Regulatory Impact Statements (RISs).[1] If any of the options considered in the RIS are likely to have a significant impact or risk, then this formal QA will be undertaken by the Regulatory Impact Analysis Team (RIAT) in Treasury. For all other RISs, the QA will be provided by the authoring agency.
This guidance has been prepared in response to requests from agencies for more detailed advice on how to provide independent QA of RISs.
It supports the information in chapter 6 of the Regulatory Impact Analysis Handbook. It provides more detailed advice on obtaining independent QA and should be read in conjunction with the Regulatory Impact Analysis Handbook, the Quality Assurance Criteria and the Overview of required information for RISs.
Questions and feedback
The advice in this document is not exhaustive, and does not attempt to provide detailed guidance on the wide range of circumstances that may eventuate. Enquiries about the information contained in this guidance, as well as advice on non-standard situations can be directed to the RIAT: ria@treasury.govt.nz.
Any comments as to how we could improve this guidance can be directed to guidance@treasury.govt.nz.
Notes
- [1] Refer CAB Min (09) 27/11, CAB Min (09) 38/7A and Cabinet Office Notice CO (09) 8.
