Have your say on the proposed Regulatory Standards Bill

Overview

Public submissions on the proposed contents of the Regulatory Standards Bill have now closed. 

Thank you to all who submitted. 

The feedback received will inform the development of a draft Bill the Government intends to introduce to Parliament later in 2025.   

There will be a further opportunity to provide feedback on the Bill as it progresses through select committee. 

The Bill aims to improve the quality of regulation in New Zealand so regulatory decisions are based on principles of good law-making and economic efficiency.

The proposed Bill aims to improve the quality of regulation in New Zealand by making responsible Ministers and agencies more transparently accountable for good quality regulation.

This Bill aims to reduce the amount of unnecessary and poor regulation, through making it transparent where regulation does, or does not, meet principles of responsible regulation.

The proposed Regulatory Standards Bill would include:

• a benchmark for good regulation through a set of principles of responsible regulation
• mechanisms to transparently assess the consistency of new legislative proposals and existing regulation with the principles
• a mechanism for independent consideration of the consistency of existing regulation, primarily in response to stakeholder concerns
• provisions to support the Ministry for Regulation in its work to improve the quality of regulation.

What happens next

The Government intends to introduce a Regulatory Standards Bill to Parliament later in 2025.  

There will be a further opportunity to provide feedback on the Bill as it progresses through select committee.

Supporting information

For more information, you can read:

• Discussion document
• More information about the Bill
• Interim Regulatory Impact Statement
• Preliminary Treaty Impact Analysis
• Cabinet paper

What happens next

Consultation on the proposed Regulatory Standards Bill has closed.