This Regulatory Impact Statement provides an analysis of the Climate Change Response Act 2002 enables New Zealand to meet its international obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol and provides for the implementation, operation and administration of a greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme in New Zealand that supports and encourages global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Currently a number of design elements of the NZ ETS are being reviewed.

This Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared by the Ministry for Primary Industries. It provides an analysis of options to improve the operation of the Animal Welfare Act 1999.

This Regulatory Impact Statement provides an analysis of the Permanent Forest Sink Initiative, it’s regulatory impact and business compliance costs.

This Regulatory Impact Statement provides an analysis of options to modernise and enhance the Biosecurity Act 1993.

This Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) has been prepared by Fisheries New Zealand. It provides analysis of the proposal to open two cockle beds in the Otago Harbour to commercial harvesting.

This Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared by the Ministry for Primary Industries. It provides an analysis of options for regulations under the Food Act 2014.

This Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA). It provides an analysis of options to give effect to the NZFSA's review of its administration of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 (the ACVM Act).

This Regulatory Impact Statement provides analysis of options to improve: the flexibility of the current New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority Act 1987 (the HEA Act) so that the provisions are more efficient and cost effective, and enable greater targeted marketing; the clarity and transparency of the requirements under the HEA Act; and compliance with and enforcement of the HEA Act.

Proposed New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority Fees and Levies Regulations

This Regulatory Impact Statement provides an analysis of options to amend recreational harvest regulations within the Maketu Taiāpure as proposed by the Maketu Taiāpure Committee. The Maketu Taiāpure encompasses a 60-kilometre stretch of the Bay of Plenty coastline centred on Okurei Point. It relates to the Fisheries (Auckland and Kermadec Areas Amateaur Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2013.