Background and development of the Act
How the Act was developed
The Regulatory Standards Bill was developed with the aim to reduce the amount of unnecessary and poor-quality legislation in New Zealand by increasing transparency and ensuring that legislation is based on the principles of good law-making and economic efficiency.
See documents relating to the development of the Bill below.
Cabinet decisions and policy approvals
Documents that record Cabinet’s decisions and approvals relating to the Regulatory Standards Bill.
- Regulatory Standards Bill: Consideration of Departmental Report (Cabinet Minute of Decision)open_in_new
- Regulatory Standards Bill: Consideration of Departmental Report (Cabinet Summary) (109 KB, Pdf)
- Cabinet paper: Regulatory Standards Bill – Consideration of departmental report (257 KB, Pdf)
- Policy Cabinet paper and appendices (7.9 MB, Pdf)
Legislative development and analysis
Material produced during the development of the Bill, including analysis of submissions and policy advice:
- Regulatory Standards Bill Departmental Report open_in_new
- Briefing paper: Initial advice in response to submissions on the Bill (16 MB, Pdf)
- Cabinet paper: Annex 2 – Regulatory Responsibility Taskforce Report (149 KB, Pdf)
Parliamentary process and scrutiny
Documents relating to Select Committee consideration and Parliamentary scrutiny of the Bill.