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Regulatory Impact Statement: Establishing the Second Tranche of Special Housing Areas in Auckland under the Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Act 2013

Issue Date: 07 January 2014 Author: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Regulatory Impact Statement: Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances other than Oil 1973 - National Interest Analysis

Issue Date: 28 September 2012 Author: Ministry of Transport

Regulatory Impact Statement: Options for Expediting RMA Consent Application Processes for Land Remediation in Canterbury under the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010

Issue Date: 10 October 2011 Author: Ministry for the Environment

Regulatory Impact Statement: Additional safeguards for people who are liable for arrest and detention in order to strengthen the integrity of the immigration system

Issue Date: 10 April 2025 Author: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Regulatory Impact Statement: Ngāi Tahu conditional exemption from participation in the Emissions Trading Scheme under section 60 of the Climate Change Response Act 2002

Issue Date: 24 July 2023 Author: Ministry for Primary Industries | Ministry for the Environment

Regulatory Impact Statement: Lyttelton Port Company - Options for an Order in Council under the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011 for a 10 hectare reclamation and waste disposal

Issue Date: 10 October 2011 Author: Ministry for the Environment

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Review finds multimillion dollar benefits possible for farmers and growers

The Government has accepted all recommendations from the Ministry for Regulation’s Agricultural and Horticultural Products Regulatory Review.

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