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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

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 failure: A review of the international academic literature

01 February 2022 Professor van der Heijden reviews literature and failures to explore meanings of 'regulatory failure' and the challenges it poses for regulators.

Responsive regulation in practice

01 July 2020 Professor van der Heijden uses a review of research and literature to discuss the key concepts behind the idea of responsive regulation.

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.

Stage 2 Cost Recovery Impact Statement template

01 January 2017 Template for proposals seeking policy agreement on cost recovery levels.

Raise a red tape issue

Regulatory issues can now be raised directly with us as part of the Government’s drive to cut red tape for New Zealanders who want to get things done.