Have Your Say on Our Upcoming Exposure Draft

Officials are currently developing an exposure draft of the Farm Debt Mediation Bill. We will be inviting public feedback on this draft in the coming months. The Exposure Draft will be available on the MPI website and its release will be publicised.

I seek Cabinet approval to implement six proposals to improve the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI’s) cost recovery arrangements; and to submit amended regulations and levy orders to the Executive Council to give effect to these proposals.

I seek agreement to direct the Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO) to draft revisions to the regulations and levy orders to implement proposals to improve the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI’s) cost recovery arrangements.

I seek agreement to publicly release the attached consultation document: A review of cost recovery for selected services provided by the Ministry for Primary Industries in February 2018. The document outlines proposals to update fees and levies, and improve the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI’s) cost recovery arrangements across the biosecurity and food systems.

This paper seeks a Cabinet decision on how Mycoplasma bovis should be
managed in the future.

Seeking agreement to draft regulations that are intended to promote the development of the aquaculture industry while ensuring fair compensation to affected quota owners.

This paper seeks approval to publically release the attached terms of reference for the review of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 (the DIRA) and its impact on the dairy industry.

I seek the Cabinet Economic Development Committee’s (DEV) approval to submit the following two sets of regulations to the Executive Council:
 Animal Welfare (Care and Procedures) Regulations 2018; and
 Animal Welfare (Records and Statistics) Amendment Regulations 2018
March 2018

This paper sets out proposals for immediate changes to the current organisational structure of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), to provide increased focus on portfolio areas and ensure clear accountability for regulatory systems across New Zealand’s primary sector.

This paper seeks authority to submit the NESPF regulations to the Executive Council

This paper presents details of a National Environmental Standard for Plantation Forestry (NES-PF) under the RMA. It also seeks Cabinet's agreement to the policy proposal and for MPI and MfE to start the regulation drafting process.

Cabinet Business Committee CBC (15) 8:
Cabinet Business Committee paper introducing a Biosecurity and Customs Passenger Levy.

This paper seeks approval to release the consultation document on the proposed design of the Border Clearance Levy on arriving and departing international air and sea passengers and crew.
Cabinet Economic Growth and Infrastructure Committee EGI (15) 113