Overview
Purpose of Regulatory System Report 2013
This year's Regulatory System Report asks departments to provide information on the systems and processes they have in place to manage the regulatory regimes they are responsible for administering.
The information we receive will help us improve our understanding of existing regulatory management arrangements across government and form a basis for on-going engagement with, and between, departments on progress towards the regulatory expectations.
In preparing your Regulatory System Report, your department will be provided with an opportunity to compare its own regulatory management arrangements against the regulatory expectations and identify any particular strengths, weaknesses, or risks.
What is the role of your department?
Please complete your Regulatory System Report using the Microsoft Word template provided and email it to regulation@treasury.govt.nz by 28 June 2013.
Please provide the most accurate information you can. We will follow-up with interviews for departments where we need a greater understanding.
What will Treasury do with this information?
Treasury will share the information we receive with central agencies. We will also report, in aggregate, to Ministers and Cabinet on what the information tells us about the current state of regulatory management across government.
Over time, central agencies will be using information from regulatory system reports and other sources to monitor and report departments' progress towards the regulatory expectations.
What feedback will departments receive?
Departments can expect ongoing engagement on the regulatory expectations. Our first step will be reporting back to departments on what we think about their individual system reports.
Regulatory System Report questions
Questions for response are listed in section 2.3 of this guidance document. They elicit information on departments' current systems and processes for allocating policy oversight, policy development, implementation, monitoring outcomes, and the evaluation and review of regulatory regimes.
