When there's a proposal to create, change or repeal legislation or regulations, the government agency responsible often has to provide Cabinet with a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA). RIAs summarise:
the problem that need to be addressed
options for addressing the problem
the costs and benefits of each option
who has been consulted and their views
proposals for implementation and review.
RIAs are published when the relevant Bill is introduced to Parliament or the regulation is gazetted, or at the time of ministerial release.
Regulatory Impact Statement: Crimes Act Amendment Bill
This Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) is relating to analysis produced for the purpose of informing final Cabinet decisions on proposals for inclusion in a Crimes Act Amendment Bill.
This Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) is relating to Final Cabinet decisions on amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009
This Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) accompanies the ‘Addressing protests outside private residences’ Cabinet paper, which seeks decisions on a new offence for disruptive and targeted protests outside an individuals’ private residences.
Interim Regulatory Impact Statement: Consultation Document Proposing a New Adjudication Act
This interim Regulatory Impact Statement seeks approval to release a consultation document proposing a new out of court statutory adjudication framework that businesses can use to resolve commercial disputes quickly
Supplementary Analysis Report – Implementing a ban on prisoner voting, and the voting rights of detained people
This Supplementary Analysis Report provides analysis on Cabinet’s decision to disqualify all prisoners serving a prison sentence from enrolling to vote, and on the Minister’s delegated decision that people who have committed a crime but who may not be in prison on mental health grounds or due to an intellectual disability are able to vote.
Regulatory Impact Statement: Amendments to the Sentencing Act 2002 - giving effect to RCOI recommendation 27
This Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) provides analysis of proposed amendments to the Sentencing Act 2002 to respond meaningfully to the Royal Commission of Inquiry on abuse in care, to support decision-making on each individual proposal.
Annex to Regulatory Impact Statement: Extending automatic name suppression for complainants where crimes are of a sexual nature
This analysis informs Cabinet decisions to give victims of all criminal offences of a sexual nature, including intimate visual recording offences, automatic name suppression.
Regulatory Impact Statement: Changing name suppression settings in sexual violence cases
This Regulatory Impact Statement provides analysis to support Cabinet decisions on a proposal that before the court can grant permanent name suppression to a person convicted of a sexual crime, it must have the agreement of the victim of that crime.
Regulatory Impact Statement: Regulatory Systems (Justice) Amendment Bill package
This RIS provides analysis to support Cabinet decisions on proposals included in the Regulatory Systems (Justice) Amendment Bill package (the RSAB). The four Bills in the RSAB each improve a different part of the Justice system: the courts, anti-money laundering, occupational regulation, and tribunals.
Regulatory Impact Statement: Establishing an Offence of Stalking
Analysis produced to inform Cabinet decisions on the creation of a standalone stalking offence. Accompanies 'Addressing Stalking in New Zealand' Cabinet Paper
Regulatory and Cost Recovery Impact Statement: Increasing the Disputes Tribunal's financial jurisdiction and introducing a new filing fee tier
This RIS provides analysis for the purpose of informing Cabinet decisions regarding Disputes tribunal financial jurisdiction and the Disputes filing fee.
Regulatory Impact Statement: Criminal justice proposals to counter foreign interference targeting New Zealand
This RIS provides analysis to support Cabinet decisions on proposals to amend the Crimes Act 1961 to strengthen New Zealand's criminal justice response to foreign interference and espionage.
Regulatory and Cost Recovery Impact Statement: Updating the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act property thresholds and the Private Manager Examination Fee
This RCRIS provides analysis produced to inform Cabinet decisions on policy for updating property thresholds and the Public Trust’s Private Manager Examination fee under Protection of Personal and Property Rights law.
Regulatory Impact Statements accompanying the Cabinet paper, Firearms reform programme – Phase 2: Supporting shooting clubs and ranges, and formalising the transfer of the Arms Act 1983
The Ministry of Justice has prepared two Regulatory Impact Statements (RIS) to accompany the Associate Minister of Justice’s Cabinet paper, Firearms reform programme – Phase 2: Supporting shooting clubs and ranges, and formalising the transfer of the Arms Act 1983.
Regulatory Impact Statement (B): Short-term adjustment to nonpistol club reporting requirements
Analysis prepared to support Cabinet decisions on amending the Arms Regulations 1992 to adjust non-pistol club reporting requirements in the short-term.
Regulatory Impact Statement: Responding to Gang Harms – Annex on Possession Ban
This Regulatory Impact Statement was prepared for the purpose of informing Cabinet decisions on penalty levels for the offence of displaying gang insignia in public. It relates to the proposed Amendment Paper for the Gangs Legislation Amendment Bill.
Regulatory Impact Statement: Reinstating three strikes sentencing law
This Regulatory Impact Statement provides analysis of the proposal to reinstate a three strikes sentencing regime, to support Cabinet's decisions on the regime, including changes to the design of the previous regime.
Stage 2 Cost Recovery Impact Statement - Increase to fees in courts and tribunals
This Cost Recovery Impact Statement (CRIS) has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry). It considers a proposal to increase fees paid to various courts and tribunals by users to reflect the increasing costs of providing those court and tribunal services. These services are mostly paid for by the Crown, with a small amount of cost recovery coming from user fees.
Stage 2 Costs Recovery Impact Statement – Increasing revenue from changes to the fees and costs in collection of fines.
This Cost Recovery Impact Statement (CRIS) has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry). It provides an analysis of the Ministry’s proposal to increase the fees and costs for the collection of infringement fines and an increase in the percentage of infringement fines that the Crown can retain when the Ministry collects fines on behalf of local authorities
This Regulatory Impact Statement provides analysis of the Law Commission’s recommended reforms to surrogacy law, to support Cabinet decisions on the government response to the Law Commission's report. Cabinet will also be asked to agree to related policy where the Law Commission did not make detailed recommendations.
Regulatory Impact Statement: AML/CFT Early Regulatory Proposals
The Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) has reviewed the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act (the AML/CFT Act) to assess how the AML/CFT Act has performed since it was amended in 2017 and to identify whether any further amendments should be made.
Supplementary Analysis Report - Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Community Participation) Amendment Bill
This analysis has been prepared for the purpose of informing Cabinet's decision to introduce the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Community Participation) Amendment Bill.
Incitement of Hatred - amending the Human Rights Act 1993 to include ground of religious belief
This analysis has been prepared for the purpose of informing Cabinet's decision to introduce the Human Rights (Incitement on Ground of Religious Belief) Amendment Bill.
Regulatory Impact Statement: Improving access to legal assistance for low income New Zealanders
This analysis has been prepared for the purposes of supporting decisions to be taken by Cabinet regarding aimproving access to legal assistance for low income New Zealanders.
Regulatory Impact Statement: Timing and frequency of the Māori Electoral Option. Supplementary Annex
This analysis has been prepared for the purposes of supporting decisions to be taken by Cabinet regarding any change to the timing and frequency of the Māori Electoral Option.
Regulatory Impact Summary: Designation of terrorist entitiy, options analysis and recommendations
This analysis has been prepared to support Cabinet decisions regarding New Zealand's designationof terrorist entitiy, options analysis and recommendations.
Supplementary Analysis Report: Criminal Activity Intervention Legislation Bill
This analysis was produced for the purpose of informing final Cabinet decisions on an omnibus Bill to enhance enforcement tools to disrupt and prosecute gang conflict and harm.
Regulatory Impact Summary: Reforms to the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 to better target illicit assets
This analysis was produced for the purpose of informing Cabinet decisions on policy options for improving the civil forfeiture regime to better target illicit assets.
Regulatory Impact Statement: Electoral Amendment Bill: changes to Political Donations settings.
This analysis was produced for th purpose of seeking approval to introduce amendments to the electoral amendment Bill through a supplementary Order Paper, following the High Court Judgement in Rv EF and FG.
Regulatory Impact Statement: Timing and frequency of the Māori Electoral Option.
This analysis has been prepared for the purposes of supporting decisions to be taken by Cabinet regarding any change to the timing and frequency of the Māori Electoral Option.
Regulatory Impact Statement: Temporary change to eligibility criteria for overseas voters for the 2023 General Election
This analysis has been prepared to inform Cabinet decisions regarding temporary changes to eligibility criteria for overseas voters in response to the effect of Covid-19 travel restrictions
Regulatory Impact Statement: Electoral Amendment Bill – changes to political donations settings
This analysis was produced for the purpose of informing final Cabinet policy decisions on changes to the political donations provisions in the Electoral Act 1993.
Regulatory Impact Assessment - Managing National Security Information in Proceedings
This anaylsis has been prepared for the purpose of supporting decisions taken by cabinet on policy options to manage National Security Information in proceedings.
Regulatory Impact Assessment - Prohibition of Conversion Practices
This analysis has been prepared for the purposes of supporting decisions taken by Cabinet on policy options to prohibit conversion practices in New Zealand.
This analysis has been prepared for the purposes of supporting decisions to be taken by Cabinet on policy options to strengthen counter terrorism legislation, specifically terrorist financing and terrorist travel offences.
This analysis has been prepared for the purposes of supporting decisions to be taken by Cabinet on policy options to strengthen counter terrorism legislation, specifically on updating the definition of “terrorist act”, and terrorist planning or preparation and terrorist training offences.
Regulatory Impact Assessment - Extended control orders
This analysis has been prepared for the purposes of supporting decisions to be taken by Cabinet on policy options to strengthen counter terrorism legislation, specifically extending the existing control orders regime.
Regulatory Impact Assessment relating to a cannabis regulatory model
The Regulatory Impact Analysis May 2019 was provided to Cabinet with the Cabinet Paper '2020 Cannabis Referendum – legislative process and overarching policy settings for the regulatory model'. This Cabinet Paper has been proactively released.
This analysis has been prepared for the purposes of supporting decisions to be taken by Cabinet regarding expiring Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism regulations.
Regulatory Impact Assessment - Mitigating foreign interference through parties and candidate donations
This analysis and advice has been produced for the purpose of informing key policy decisions to be taken by Cabinet about the proposal to ban foreign donations to both parties and candidates.
Regulatory Impact Assessment - Improving the justice response to victims of sexual violence
The proposal outlined in this document responds to recommendations made in the Law Commission's 2015 report "The Justice Response to Victims of Sexual Violence". The report recommended a number of legislative changes to improve the justice response to sexual violence victims.
Agreement to introduce new counter-terrorism legislation to manage the risk posed by a small number of New Zealanders returning from overseas who have been engaged in terrorism-related activities.
Regulatory Impact Assessment - Abortion Law Reform
The Ministry of Justice has prepared this analysis to inform decisions by Cabinet in its consideration of the Law Commission's briefing paper about options to take a health approach to abortion law.
Regulatory Impact Assessment - Updating the provisions in the Electoral Act 1993 for managing polling disruptions
The Ministry of Justice has produced this analysis and advice to inform key policy decisions to be taken by Cabinet on amending the Electoral Act 1993 to update provisions for managing polling disruptions.
Regulatory Impact Assessment - Enabling Election Day Enrolment
This analysis and advice has been produced for the purpose of informing key policy decisions to be taken by Cabinet on enabling election day enrolment.
Regulatory Impact Assessment - Referendum Advertising at the 2020 General Election
This analysis has been prepared for the purposes of supporting decisions to be taken by Cabinet regarding the regulation of referendum advertising for any referendums held with the 2020 General Election
Regulatory Impact Assessment - Protection of the name 'ombudsman'
This analysis has been prepared for the purposes of informing decisions to be taken by Cabinet regarding the proposal to restrict the use of the name ‘ombudsman’ to a Parliamentary Ombudsman appointed under the Ombudsmen Act 1975 (with an exception for two existing private-sector bodies currently using the name).
Regulatory Impact Assessment - Amendments to the Administration of Justice (Reform of Contempt of Court) Bill
This Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice for the purpose of informing final decisions to be taken by Cabinet regarding amendments to the Administration of Justice (Reform of Contempt of Court) Bill.
Regulatory Impact Assessment - Privacy Bill - additional policy decisions
This RIA has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice. It analyses options for additional changes to the Privacy Bill to make it more effective and better aligned with comparator jurisdictions.
Regulatory Impact Analysis - Addressing the theft of Livestock Rustling in New Zealand
This analysis has been prepared for the purpose of informing final decisions to be taken by Cabinet regarding the creation of two new offences in the Crimes Act 1961 relating to the theft of livestock.
This analysis has been prepared for a purpose of informing final decisions to be taken by Cabinet regarding the establishment of the Criminal Cases Review Commission
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides analysis prepared for the purpose of informing final decisions taken by Cabinet regarding the proposed Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal.
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides analysis and advice for the purpose of informing second-order policy decisions related to the jurisdiction and design of the Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Additional decisions for the Privacy Bill
This RIA has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice. The options presented in this paper relate to previous decisions by Cabinet to reform the Privacy Act (the Act) to send strong signals about the importance of privacy of personal informaiton
This RIA has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice. It analyses the Law Commission’s recommendations to reform New Zealand trust law. Trust law in New Zealand is important to individuals and businesses, and is a core component of the legal infrastructure and economy.
Supplementary Regulatory Impact Assessment: A New Trusts Act - Commercial and Financial Trusts
This RIA has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice. It describes the impacts of applying the Law Commission’s recommendations about family trusts to commercial and financial trusts.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Unilateral cancellation of voluntary time payment arrangements for unpaid fines
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides analysis of a legislative proposal to remove the 10 day notice period before a court registrar can unilaterally cancel a voluntary 'time payment arrangement' for the payment of fines in certain circumstances.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Improving security so that people feel safer in courts
This Regulatory Impact Assessment examines proposals to extend Court Security Officers' existing powers to deny entry to, or remove, from courts, and detain people in order to better address low level offending and disruptive behaviour in courts.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Order of Inquiries to determine fitness to stand trial under the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to improve the procedure for assessing a defendant's fitness to stand trial under the Criminal Procedure (Mentally-Impaired Persons) Act 2003.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Increasing the maximum claim level in Disputes Tribunals
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to reduce barriers to getting justice for people with low-value civil disputes, and to generally improve the operation of the Disputes Tribunal.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Expungement scheme for historical homosexual convictions
This Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice. It provides an analysis of options to address the negative effects of historical convictions for homosexual offences that have been decriminalised.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Second phase of reforms to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism regime
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to enhance and extend New Zealand’s anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Electoral Amendment Bill Advance Voting "Buffer Zones" and Prohibition on False Statements to Influence Voters
This Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice. It provides an analysis of options in relation to two issues which are proposed for inclusion in an Electoral Amendment Bill and/or Regulations.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Legal Aid Eligibility
This RIA provides an analysis of options to increase the number of people who receive civil and family legal aid by amending eligibility criteria set in regulation.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Including 17 year-olds, and convictable traffic offences not punishable by imprisonment, in the youth justice system
This RIA analyses the impact of the proposal to consider offending by 17 year olds, including more traffic offending in the youth justice system instead of the adult courts. It also examines how to ensure serious recidivist 17 year old offenders are dealt with in a manner that maintains confidence in the justice system.
This Supplementary RIA analyses proposals for 17 year-olds, particularly those who are serious and recidivist offenders, to be treated differently than other young people (i.e. 14 – 16 year-olds) within the youth justice system.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Identifying offenders attempting to unlawfully leave New Zealand
This statement provides an analysis of options for obtaining biometric information (e.g. photographs) necessary to identify offenders unlawfully attempting to leave New Zealand.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Management of offenders returning to New Zealand
This statement provides an analysis of options for managing offenders who return to New Zealand after serving a prison sentence overseas, including the risks they can pose to the safety of the public.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Increasing the maximum claim level in Disputes Tribunals
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to reduce barriers to getting justice for people with low-value civil disputes, and to generally improve the operation of the Disputes Tribunals. 2013.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Legal Aid Review - December 2009
The review of the legal aid system chaired by Dame Margaret Bazley found that the legal aid system is facing serious challenges which threaten its viability into the future.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Considering changing the New Zealand flag
This Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIS) analyses the implications of regulatory options for a referendum process to consider changing the New Zealand national flag. October 2014.
At the Minister of Justice’s request, the Ministry of Justice has undertaken a review of the law regarding the ‘claim of right’ defence, which was used successfully by the three accused in the Waihopai satellite damage case. November 2010.
This RIA has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice. It provides analysis of options to reform and modernise criminal procedure developed by the Criminal Procedure (Simplification) Project. October 2010.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Fee for lodging appeals to the Immigration and Protection Tribunal
The Ministry is tasked with the setting of an appropriate fee for the lodging of appeals to the Immigration and Protection Tribunal (IPT). October 2010.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Crimes Act (Part 8: Offences Against the Person) 1961 Amendment Bill
The offences in Part 8 of the Crimes Act 1961 offences against the person) are affected by unnecessary duplication, archaic language, and lack of clarity as to scope and application.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill
The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill was introduced to the House of Representatives on 6 September 2010. The Bill repeals the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Courts and Criminal Matters Bill
The Courts and Criminal Matters Bill is an omnibus Bill amending 20 statutes to enhance the courts’ powers and processes for the collection of fines and other monetary penalties, and civil debt.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Driver Licence Stop Order
Licence suspension aims to improve traffic fines and reparation collection by introducing licence suspension for people with overdue traffic fines and reparation. April 2010.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Alcohol Reform 2010
This RIA provides an analysis of regulatory interventions to lessen the harm associated with alcohol use in New Zealand. May 2010.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Coroners Amendment Bill (Stage 1)
This Regulatory Impact Assessment analyses options to improve the timeliness and efficiency of the coronial system. August 2014.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Coroners Amendment Bill (Stage 2)
This Regulatory Impact Assessment analyses options for stage two of the reform of the Coroners Act 2006 to improve accountability, transparency and leadership in the coronial system, ensure the management of human tissue samples is more responsive to the needs of families and clarify the jurisdiction of coroners to investigate overseas deaths.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Coroners Amendment Bill (Stage 3)
This Regulatory Impact Assessment analyses options for stage three of the reform of the Coroners Act 2006 to review the legislative restrictions on suicide reporting and clarify the jurisdiction of coroners to investigate deaths of members of the New Zealand Defence Force as a consequence of hostile action while on operational service.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Amendment Bill
The Government’s Post-Election Action Plan states that legislation will be introduced to “require DNA testing for every person arrested for an imprisonable offence” - May 2009.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: All of Government Response to Organised Crime
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of proposals arising from the organised crime strategy - Strengthening New Zealand’s Resistance to Organised Crime: An all-of-Government Response - published in August 2011.
This Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIS) has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice. It provides an analysis of options to improve the efficiency of 29 Ministry of Justice administered tribunals. June 2014.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Improvements to District Courts Rules
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to reduce the time and cost involved in resolving cases in the civil jurisdiction (non-criminal and non-family) of the District Courts. May 2014.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Parliamentary Privilege Bill
This Regulatory Impact Assessment analyses options for addressing some concerns about parliamentary privilege raised by Parliament’s Privileges Committee. October 2013.
The current law providing for payment of interest where there is late payment of money owing, is limited, not easily accessible, relies to some extent on judicial discretion, and fails to adequately compensate many creditors. A single, comprehensive and more widely applicable Interest on Money Claims Act is needed, with a basis for interest that reflects the commercial value of delay in payment of money owing. November 2013.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Enabling Service Transformation in Courts and Tribunals
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of proposals to enable and govern the use of electronic technology in courts and tribunals. November 2013.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Judicature Modernisation Bill: Review of the Judicature Act 1908 - Second Paper
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of the second package of work forming the government response to the Law Commission report Review of the Judicature Act 1908: Towards a consolidated Courts Act and other associated matters. August 2013.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Review of the Judicature Act and consolidation of courts legislation
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of a package of work forming the government response to the Law Commission report Review of the Judicature Act 1908: Towards a consolidated Courts Act and other associated matters. February 2013.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Harmful digital communications
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to address harmful digital communications by changes to existing legislation to ensure it responds appropriately to this behaviour and covers technological advances; and new civil enforcement regime to deal with harmful digital communications. November 2013.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Regulatory Regime for the new Alcohol Laws
This Regulatory Impact Assessment sets out the options for the regulatory regime required to give effect to the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012, due to fully commence on 18 December 2013.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Fee regime for the alcohol licensing system
This Regulatory Impact Assessment analyses options to regulate the new alcohol licensing fees regime provided for in the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2013, which is due to fully commence on 18 December 2013. August 2013.
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options for mandatory training for three categories of security personnel regulated under the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 2010. September 2013.
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to address concerns around people who have been convicted of, or found on the balance of probabilities (more likely than not) to have committed, a specified offence, against a child or children; and who pose a high risk of seriously harming a child or children in the future. August 2013.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Amending the Legal Services (Quality Assurance) Regulations
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to improve the operation of the Legal Services (Quality Assurance) Regulations 2011. May 2013.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Reducing the likelihood of offenders of serious violent or sexual offences from coming into contact with their victims
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides analysis of the options to address a legal gap that allows serious violent and sexual offenders to come into contact with their victim(s) where other legal protection mechanisms do not apply. September 2012.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Reducing the likelihood of offenders of serious violent or sexual offences from coming into contact with their victims
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Addressing child pornography and related offending
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to address child pornography and related offending by proposing amendments to the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 and the Customs and Excise Act 1996. August 2012.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Proposed LINZ fees regulations under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options for determining fees for services LINZ is required to deliver under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011. December 2012.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers Practice Rules: Practice on own Account) Amendment Regulations 2012
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options which aim to improve the competency of lawyers who wish to commence practice as a barrister and solicitor or barrister sole on their own account. December 2012.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Prisoners' and Victims' Claims Act 2005
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to meet the Government's objectives to prevent future breaches of prisoners' human rights, while providing that if breaches do occur, there is a fair response that appropriately balances the rights of prisoners and their victims. November 2012.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Alcohol Reform Bill - Policy Amendments for Inclusion in the Government Supplementary Order Paper
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of the main proposed changes to the Alcohol Reform Bill, which will be included in a Supplementary Order Paper at the Committee of the Whole House stage of the Bill. July 2012.
This Regulatory Impact Assessment analyses policy options that aim to create a modern, accessible family justice system that is responsive to children and vulnerable people. August 2012.
This Regulatory Impact Assessment analyses options to simplify the legal aid approvals process and encourage talented lawyers into the legal aid system. It also assesses options to reduce the administrative compliance burden on lawyers when applying for approval or claiming payment for services. May 2012.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Allocation of legal costs between parties
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to update the “daily recovery rates” and “time allocations” which are used by judges to determine the allocation of legal costs between parties at the end of civil court proceedings. April 2012.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Ensuring District Court cases are resolved quickly
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to improve access to civil justice in the District Courts, by correcting some unintended consequences of recent changes to the District Courts Rules, in particular the restriction of summary judgment procedure. April 2012.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Prisoners' and Victims' Claims (2012 Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Bill 2012
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to prevent the sunset clauses in the Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims Act 2005 from taking effect before the Government progresses its 2008 PVC Act election policy. March 2012.
In 2006, in response to growing concerns that the Privacy Act 1993 (the Act) was no longer fit for purpose, the Government referred a review of privacy to the Law Commission. The Law Commission’s report was completed and tabled in the House in August 2011. March 2012.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Discovery procedure - High Court and District Court rules changes
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to reduce the cost and inefficiencies of the procedure of discovering documents during civil litigation in the High Court and District Courts. October 2011.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Review of aspects of the bail system
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to address a range of problems identified in the Government’s Review of Aspects of the Bail System. September 2011.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Human Rights Amendment Bill
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to change the role and structure of the Human Rights Commission in order to strengthen its performance. September 2011.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Select committee amendments to alcohol law reform
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of further options to reduce alcohol-related harm in New Zealand. It builds on the RIA that accompanied the Alcohol Law Reform Cabinet Paper of August 2010, which sought policy approval for the Alcohol Reform Bill. May 2011.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Privacy Act 1993 Information Sharing Amendments
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to improve the sharing and use of personal information – that is information about an identifiable individual – under the Privacy Act 1993. August 2011.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Managing the cost of legal assistance in the justice sector
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides analysis of the options to create a more sustainable approach to the provision of legal aid (and similar court-funded services), and restrain the growth in expenditure that has occurred in recent years. August 2011.
This RIA provides an analysis of options to increase civil and tribunal fees to address cost pressures faced by the Ministry of Justice in providing court and tribunal services and to ensure that parties contribute an appropriate amount towards those services. March 2011.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 2010 - licensing and fees
This Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry). The Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 2010 comes into force on 1 April 2011. Fees regulations are needed to recover the cost of the new licensing regime. March 2011.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 2010 - forms and code of conduct
The Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 2010 comes into force on 1 April 2011. A surveillance code of conduct for private investigators must be in place at all times as a matter of law. Regulations prescribing forms must also be in place to allow the Act to operate. June 2011.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Enhancing Victims' Rights Review
This Regulatory Impact Assessment analyses proposals that aim to ensure criminal justice agencies are more responsive and accountable to victims of crime; and to enhance victims’ rights and roles in criminal justice processes. April 2011.
The Reducing Knife Crime Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to reduce knife possession and offences committed with knives, particularly by young people. March 2011.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 - Proposed Regulations
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to regulate to ensure that the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act implements internationally accepted AML/CF standards in a way which is efficient and proportionate to money laundering and terrorism financing risks within the New Zealand context. November 2010.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Offences Against Police Officers and Prison Officers
In response to the increase in the number of assaults on police officers and prison officers over the past five years and a spate of serious incidents in recent months, the Government has decided that the Sentencing Act 2002 should be amended to ensure that the fact that an offence is committed against a law enforcement officer will be taken into account as an aggravating factor at sentencing. July 2010.
Extended National Interest Analysis - Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children.
This Regulatory Impact Assessment examines proposals to establish Credit Reporting and Super Priority as enforcement measures for overdue fines and reparation (collectively referred to as penalties). April 2010.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Prisoners' and Victims' Claims Amendment Bills
This Regulatory Impact Assessment provides an analysis of options to prevent future claims for monetary compensation by prisoners for breaches of their rights by the State; and provide for transitional arrangements in respect of existing and potential claims arising from the Behaviour Management Regime (BMR) in operation at Auckland Prison between 1998 and 2004. April 2010.
Regulatory Impact Assessment: Trans-Tasman Proceedings Bill
The Trans-Tasman Working Group on Court Proceedings and Regulatory Enforcement (the Working Group) has identified a range of problems that arise in civil proceedings with a trans-Tasman element or that undermine the effectiveness of various regulatory regimes in each country. December 2009.