Regulatory Impact Analysis Review Information Releases
Page updated 6 Sep 2011
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
Using PDF Files
| Doc. Date | Created by | Title | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2011 | NZIER | Regulatory Impact Assessment Evaluation 2010 Released 28 February 2011 |
ria-review-feb11.pdf (135 KB) |
| Sep 2009 | NZIER | Regulatory Impact Statements – Evaluation: Report to the Treasury for the Regulatory Impact Analysis Reference Released 10 November 2009 |
ria-review-sep09.pdf (97 KB) |
| Feb 2008 | NZIER | Compliance with Regulatory
Impact Analysis Requirements:
2007 Evaluation Released February 2008 |
On Ministry of Economic Development website. |
Third Evaluation - 2010
The most recent 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.
The first evaluation report is available on the Ministry of Economic Development website: Compliance with Regulatory Impact Analysis Requirements: 2007 Evaluation Report.
Related Links
- Regulatory Impact Statements
- Regulatory Impact Analysis Handbook - Treasury guidance on RIA requirements.
Contact for Enquiries
Tel: +64 4 917 6969
Email: ria@treasury.govt.nz
