Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Administrative matters - Regulations, standards, and exemptions - Regulations

137: Minister must consult on proposed regulations

You could also call this:

"Minister talks to people before making new rules"

When the Minister wants to make new rules under this part of the law, they need to talk to certain people first. They must ask the people who will be affected by the new rules, like businesses or customers. They also need to talk to the Privacy Commissioner, who helps protect people's personal information.

The Minister also needs to talk to at least one person who knows a lot about Māori ways of dealing with information. This is important because Māori have special ways of thinking about how to use and protect data. The Minister gets to choose who this expert will be, based on what the new rules are about.

There are some times when the Minister doesn't have to talk to the Māori expert. This includes when they're making rules about certain things, or when they're just fixing small mistakes in existing rules. They also don't need to ask the expert if they're making small changes or if they need to make changes quickly for important reasons.

Even if the Minister forgets to talk to these people, the new rules will still be valid. This means the rules will still work, even if the Minister didn't follow all the steps they were supposed to.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS920149.

Topics:
Government and voting > Government departmentsRights and equality > PrivacyMāori affairs > Treaty of Waitangi
Previous

136: Miscellaneous provisions relating to levies, or

"Rules for paying different amounts and what happens if you don't pay"

Next

138: Standards, or

"Rules that explain how to follow the Customer and Product Data Act 2025"

Part 5Administrative matters
Regulations, standards, and exemptions: Regulations

137Minister must consult on proposed regulations

  1. Before recommending that regulations be made under this subpart, the Minister must consult the following about the proposed regulations:

  2. the persons, or representatives of the persons, that the Minister considers will be substantially affected by the proposed regulations:
    1. the Privacy Commissioner:
      1. 1 or more people who have expert knowledge of te ao Māori approaches to data (for example, approaches to data access, use, or protection).

        1. The Minister must decide which people to consult under subsection (1)(c) after taking into account the particular subject matter of the proposed regulations.

        2. Subsection (1)(c) does not apply to regulations made under section 135.

        3. Subsection (1)(c) does not apply to regulations that amend other regulations if the Minister is satisfied that—

        4. the amendments are only correcting minor errors; or
          1. the amendments are otherwise of a minor or technical nature only; or
            1. it is necessary or desirable in the public interest that the amendments be made urgently.

              1. This section does not apply to regulations made under section 131(1)(c) or (f).

              2. A failure to comply with this section does not affect the validity of the regulations.