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Regulatory Impact Statement: Implementing changes to the National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020 and making the Medium Density Residential Standards optional for councils

Issue Date: 27 January 2025 Author: Ministry for the Environment | Ministry of Housing and Urban Development

Our work / Regulatory Impact Statements (RISs)

Regulatory Impact Assessment: Legislative changes to increase the professionalism of the social work workforce, Including supplementary material on changes proposed for a Supplementary Order Paper

Issue Date: 13 February 2019 Author: Ministry of Social Development

EXP-24-MIN-0003 Cabinet Expenditure and Regulatory Review Committee Minute of Decision - Improving the Quality of New Zealand's Regulation: Report Back on a New Regulatory Standards Bill

09 December 2024

Regulatory Impact Assessment: Stage 2 Cost Recovery Impact Statement: Proposal for funding the Office of Film and Literature Classification to support self-rating by Commercial Video on Demand providers

Issue Date: 22 July 2020 Author: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Updating scaffolding regulations

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Regulatory Impact Statement: Amending the Health Entitlement Cards Regulations 1993 and the Social Security Regulations 2018 to enable implementation of Community Connect to reduce public transport fares for people on low-income

Issue Date: 20 October 2022 Author: Ministry of Health | Ministry of Social Development

Have your say through our new engagement hub

We’ve opened our engagement hub, where you can have your say on our current regulatory reviews.

Regulatory stewardship: Voice of the regulator

01 November 2017 This article focuses on how the regulator can be brought into the regulatory stewardship continuous improvement lifecycle.

Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA)

Agencies need to provide robust analysis and advice to Cabinet before a decision can be made on any regulatory change.

Our Minister

Hon David Seymour is the Minister for Regulation.

Official Information Act requests

You can make a request for information that the Ministry for Regulation (the Ministry) holds under the Official Information Act.

Regulatory institutions and practices

01 June 2014 This Productivity Commission report reviews New Zealand's regulatory infrastructure and how it can be optimised to deliver better wellbeing outcomes.