The Government is progressing the Regulatory Standards Bill
7 May 2025
The Government is progressing the Regulatory Standards Bill which aims to improve the quality of regulation in New Zealand.
Regulation Minister David Seymour says “this Bill will help the Government achieve its goal of improving New Zealand’s productivity by ensuring that regulated parties are regulated by a system which is transparent, has a mechanism for recourse, and holds regulators accountable to the people.”
This Bill aims to reduce the amount of unnecessary and poor regulation, by making it transparent where regulation does, or does not, meet the principles of responsible regulation.
The Bill also establishes a Regulatory Standards Board, and includes provisions to support the Ministry for Regulation in our work to improve the quality of regulation.
The Government intends to introduce the Bill to Parliament later this year.
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