This page is about a bill. That means that it's not the law yet, but some people want it to be the law. It could change quickly, and some of the information is just a draft.
The government wants to make a new law called the Regulatory Standards Bill. Before they do this, they need to think about how it might affect people and businesses.
To help them decide, the Ministry for Regulation wrote a report on 22 April 2025. This report is called a regulatory impact statement. It explains the main ideas in the bill and what might happen if it becomes a law.
If you want to read this report, you can find it online. You can go to https://www.regulation.govt.nz/our-work/regulatory-impact-statements/ to see it for yourself.
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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS1016439-regulatory-impact-statement.
The Ministry for Regulation produced a regulatory impact statement on 22 April 2025 to help inform the main policy decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this Bill.
A copy of this regulatory impact statement can be found at—
