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Regulatory Impact Statement: Policy approvals – Facilitating export exemptions under the Food Act 2014 from New Zealand food composition and labelling requirements

Issue Date: 17 July 2025 Author: Ministry for Primary Industries

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Regulatory Impact Assessment: Stage 2 Cost Recovery Impact Statement - Fees and charges associated with regulations made under the Water Services Act 2021

Issue Date: 29 October 2021 Author: Department of Internal Affairs

Regulatory Impact Assessment: Regulation governing legal and financial responsibility for decommissioning petroleum infrastructure and enforcement tools under the Crown Minerals Act 1991

Issue Date: 07 August 2020 Author: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Information release: Cabinet paper EXP-24-MIN-0033 - Terms of Reference for the approval path for agricultural and horticultural products regulatory review

10 September 2024

Regulatory Impact Statement: Residential Tenancies Act 1986: Change of compliance timeframes for the healthy homes standards for private landlords and public housing providers

Issue Date: 19 December 2022 Author: Ministry of Housing and Urban Development

Regulatory Impact Statement: Registration for log traders and Forestry Advisers under the Forests (Regulation of Log Traders and Forestry Advisers) Amendment Act 2020

Issue Date: 05 May 2022 Author: Ministry for Primary Industries

Regulatory Impact Assessment: Lowering the student loan repayment threshold for non-salary and wage income and repealing withholding changes for student loan income

Issue Date: 28 January 2020 Author: Inland Revenue

Regulatory Impact Statement: Industrial Allocation under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme: Group Six Activities - Production of Whey Powder and Production of Lactose

Issue Date: 13 September 2011 Author: Ministry for the Environment

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.