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1. Meeting Cabinet’s impact analysis requirements: 1 April - 30 September 2025

   12 March 2026

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   Content: legislation, their agency must first provide Cabinet with analysis of the likely impacts of the regulatory changes being proposed, set out in a Regulatory Impact Statement ...

2. Meeting Cabinet’s impact analysis requirements

   Our second report covers the period between 1 April and 30 September 2025

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   Content: This analysis is set out in a Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) and helps ensure Ministers have the information they need to make informed decisions. ...

3. Our work

   The Ministry for Regulation is the central steward of New Zealand’s Regulatory Management System. We work with other regulators across the public sector to improve the quality of regulation so all New Zealanders can flourish.

4. Regulatory Quality Assessment Tool – Public Overview

   Regulatory reviews / Regulatory Review Framework​

5. Working across government to improve the regulation making process

   We are making changes that aim to create a more efficient, transparent, and effective regulatory environment.

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6. Information release: Cabinet Paper CAB-24-SUB-0437 Approval to consult on a proposed approach to the Regulatory Standards Bill

   11 July 2025

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   Content: This proactively released document includes earlier versions of the Regulatory Standards Bill discussion document, interim Regulatory Impact Statement ...

7. Review shows room for improvement in the regulatory impact analysis system

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   Content: legislation, Cabinet requires that their agency analyse the likely impacts of the regulatory changes being proposed and sets this out in a Regulatory Impact Statement ...

8. Regulatory Impact Assessment: Impact Statement: State Sector Act Reform

   Publication Date: 12 November 2019 Author: State Services Commission

   Our work / Regulatory Impact Statements (RISs)

9. Regulatory Impact Assessment: Impact Statement: Increasing main benefit abatement thresholds on 1 April 2021 and consequential adjustments to the Minimum

   Publication Date: 19 February 2021 Author: Inland Revenue | Ministry of Social Development

   Our work / Regulatory Impact Statements (RISs)

10. Regulatory Impact Assessment: Impact Statement: Rules for auctioning in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme

    Publication Date: 22 January 2021 Author: Ministry for the Environment

    Our work / Regulatory Impact Statements (RISs)

11. Regulatory Impact Assessment: Impact Statement: Improving the NZ ETS Framework for Unit Supply

    Publication Date: 28 May 2019 Author: Ministry for the Environment

    Our work / Regulatory Impact Statements (RISs)

12. Regulatory Impact Assessment: Impact Statement: High-level Design of an Auction System for the NZ ETS

    Publication Date: 28 May 2019 Author: Ministry for the Environment

    Our work / Regulatory Impact Statements (RISs)