Regulatory Impact Analysis Review Information Releases

Page updated 4 Jul 2013

These reports, commissioned by the Treasury, provide an independent evaluation of how departments are meeting their responsibility under the regulatory impact analysis (RIA) requirements to self-assess the quality of the analysis for proposals that are not considered likely to have a significant impact or risk. From 2010, the evaluation also includes a review of regulatory impact statements assessed by the Regulatory Impact Analysis Team (RIAT) at the Treasury.

Regulatory Impact Analysis must be undertaken for regulatory proposals and a regulatory impact statement (RIS) attached to the Cabinet paper asking for policy decisions.

The current Regulatory Impact Analysis regime requires RIA to be undertaken for regulatory proposals and a regulatory impact statement (RIS) attached to the Cabinet paper asking for policy decisions. Government agencies are required to self-certify whether or not the RIS meets Cabinet?s quality assurance criteria. Where proposals are likely to have a significant impact or risk RIAT certifies the adequacy of the RIA and RIS.

Documents

Fifth Evaluation - 2013

The fifth evaluation report (June 2013) was undertaken by Castalia. It covers proposals submitted to Cabinet between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012. It includes an independent evaluation of 65 regulatory impact statements, 60 of which were assessed by departments and five of which were assessed by the Regulatory Impact Analysis Team (RIAT) at the Treasury.

Read the related media statement: Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) Evaluation Report (4 July 2013).

Fourth Evaluation - 2012

The fourth evaluation report (June 2012) was undertaken by Castalia. It covers proposals submitted to Cabinet between 1 November 2010 and 31 October 2011. It includes an independent evaluation of 50 regulatory impact statements, 45 of which were assessed by departments and five of which were assessed by the Regulatory Impact Analysis Team (RIAT) at the Treasury.

Third Evaluation - 2010

The third evaluation report (February 2011) covers proposals submitted to Cabinet between April 2010 and September 2010 under the RIA regime that has applied from 1 October 2009. It also includes an independent evaluation of seven regulatory impact statements assessed by the Regulatory Impact Analysis Team (RIAT) at the Treasury during the same period.

Second Evaluation - 2007/08

The second evaluation report (November 2009) covered proposals submitted to Cabinet between 1 October 2007 and 29 August 2008 under the RIA regime that applied from 1 April 2007 to 30 September 2009.

Under this regime Regulatory Impact Analysis was required to be undertaken for regulatory proposals and a regulatory impact statement (RIS) attached to the Cabinet paper asking for policy decisions. Government agencies were required to self-certify whether or not the proposals met the government?s RIA requirements and whether the RIA and RIS were adequate. Where proposals were likely to have a significant impact on economic growth RIAT certified the adequacy of the RIA and RIS.

First Evaluation - 2007

The first RIA evaluation was undertaken when the Ministry of Economic Development's Regulatory Impact Analysis Unit (RIAU) was responsible for the RIA regime.

Related Links

• Regulatory Impact Statements
• Regulatory Impact Analysis Handbook - Treasury guidance on RIA requirements.

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