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1. Short-Form Disclosure Statement Template for Amendments to a Bill

   01 November 2021 Departmental disclosure statement template, to use for Amendments that do not make material policy changes but have legislative features that require a disclosure for Bills.

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2. Guidance on creating a registry regime

   25 June 2025

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3. Roadmap to a Registry Regime

   25 June 2025

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4. Risk governance and risk-based regulation: A review of the international academic literature

   01 June 2019 Explores how risk and risk-based regulation have developed, how well they work, and epistemic and ethical challenges

   

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5. Behavioural Insights and Regulatory Practice: a review of the international academic literature

   01 February 2019 Paper discusses behavioural insights and regulatory practice for managers and frontline workers in regulatory organisations in NZ

   

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6. Towards Best Practice: a guide for regulators

   01 May 2022 Sets out 10 principles of regulatory practice and high-level approaches to help regulators manage harms and meet their objectives

   

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7. Supporting Best Practice: a companion paper for regulator boards and chairs

   01 September 2022 Ten principles of best practice regulation for chairs and board members, including questions for board members to consider

   

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8. Equipping Best Practice: a companion paper for Departments

   01 September 2022 Companion to the Best Practice Guide for Regulators (Towards Best Practice 2022) offering practical suggestions for interpreting the 10 principles

   

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9. Guide to regulatory instrument choices

   01 August 2017 Practical and legal guidance on choices between different types of regulatory instruments and deciding the best legal means to implement high level policy decisions

   

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10. The Best Practice Regulation Model: Principles and Assessments

    01 July 2012 Explores how Best Practice Regulation principles have evolved, how they are applied, and how they fit within New Zealand’s regulatory system

    

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11. Really responsive risk-based regulation

    01 October 2010 Explores strengths and limits of risk-based regulation for managing uncertainty, introducing a ‘really responsive risk-based regulation’ framework

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12. Victorian Guide to Regulation: Evaluation Toolkit

    01 January 2024 Steps for carrying out a regulatory evaluation, including how regulators’ actions influence behaviour and support compliance

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