Regulatory Impact Statements
About the Ministry of Justice’s Regulatory Impact Statements
All proposals to create, amend or repeal legislation or regulations that are submitted to Cabinet must be accompanied by a Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS), unless an exemption applies. A RIS summarises:
- the problem that needs to be addressed
- the options for addressing the problem
- the costs and benefits of each option
- the people that have been consulted and their views
- the proposals for implementation and review.
To help ensure that the regulatory process is open and transparent, RISs are published at the time the relevant bill is introduced to Parliament or the regulation is gazetted, or at the time of Ministerial release.
- Regulatory Impact Statement: Legal Services (Quality Assurance) Amendment Regulations 2012 and Legal Services Amendment Regulations 2012
- Regulatory Impact Statement: Allocation of legal costs between parties
- Regulatory Impact Statement: Ensuring District Court cases are resolved quickly
- Regulatory Impact Statement: Prisoners' and Victims' Claims (2012 Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Bill 2012
- Regulatory Impact Statement: Privacy Act Reform
- Regulatory Impact Statement: Discovery procedure - changes to the High Court Rules and District Court Rules
- Regulatory Impact Statement: Review of aspects of the bail system
- Regulatory Impact Statement: Human Rights Amendment Bill
- Regulatory Impact Statement: Select committee ammendments to alcohol law reform
- Regulatory Impact Statement: Privacy Act 1993 Information Sharing Amendments
- Regulatory Impact Statement: Managing the cost of legal assistance in the justice sector
- Regulatory Impact Statement: Civil Fees: CPI Increase
- Regulatory Impact Statement: Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 2010 - licensing and fees
- Regulatory Impact Statement: Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 2010 - forms and code of conduct
- Crimes Amendment Bill: Ill-treatment, neglect and violence against children: Regulatory Impact Statement
- Regulatory Impact Statement - Enhancing Victims' Rights Review
- Legal Aid Review Regulatory Impact Statement - March 2010
- Legal Aid Review Regulatory Impact Statement - December 2009
