Ref: 2021-0130

 

Dear John,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 15 July 2020 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

I noted on your website:

https://www.standards.govt.nz/developing...

 

May I request the current member of Standards development committees and
their term of appointment.

 

Also, noted on your website: "Standards New Zealand invites organisations
that represent the views of a large, usually national, group with a common
interest in the area being addressed by the standards solution to nominate
a representative for the development committee."

May I have the list of your invited organisation as well.

 

I noted your webpage is "Last updated 2 November 2017" and "Last updated
30 June 2016", to ensure correctness of information and transparency may I
kindly ask you to ensure your webpage is up to date.

https://www.standards.govt.nz/developing...

https://www.standards.govt.nz/developing...

 

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course.

 

Please note, due to ongoing COVID-19 response work, requests are currently
being triaged and those relating to Covid-19 processed as a priority.
Remaining requests are being assessed as per the Ombudsman’s guidance
(which can be found here:
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/news/chief-ombudsmans-statement-official-information-response-times-during-covid-19-emergency)
and processed accordingly.

 

If you have any enquiries regarding your request, or its urgency, feel
free to contact us via email at [2][MBIE request email].

 

Nâku noa, nâ

MINISTERIAL SERVICES

 

Corporate, Governance and Information

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

NZBN 9429000106078

 

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Hello John

 

Following your OIA request regarding Standards development committees
could you please email the OIA inbox, [email address], as we would like
to discuss the scope of your request.

 

Kind regards,

 

Silvie Zantza

SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE NATIONAL MANAGER

 

Standards New Zealand | Consumer Protection and Standards | Market
Services Group |

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

Telephone: +64 4 8965126 | Mobile:+64 021871204 |
[1][email address]

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140, New
Zealand

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Dear John

Thank you for your responding to my email.

Please see some additional information around standards development committees' membership and the Standards NZ work programme that may assist in refining you request, if you wish to do so.

In particular it is worth noting that the standards development committee members are not appointed for a specific term. The development committees need their members for as long as they are active. This depends on the amount of time it takes for a standard to be revised or developed. The amount of time cannot be predetermined (for example in the case of significant number of comments received during the public consultation phase the draft standards document may be rewritten and then taken out for a second public consultation round) and could span from a few months to a few years for more complicated projects.

As of today there are 801 committee members volunteering their time in Standards NZ and joint Standards Australia/ Standards NZ development committees. The list of committee members changes monthly in numbers and names as new committees are formed, others are disbanded or members choose to leave, retire and so on. To get a better understanding of the breadth and number of committees currently developing standards please see the Standards New Zealand work programme (the list of New Zealand and joint standards that are in development as of 8 July 2020) https://www.standards.govt.nz/developing... .

Please note that our work programme is updated regularly, with the next update scheduled for August 2020. The contents of the website pages you refer to in your OIA request are up to date and reflect Standards NZ current practice, as well as the requirements of the Standards and Accreditation Act 2015 around committee membership.

Furthermore as we would need to contact all committee members prior to releasing their names, which would be a significant undertaking given their number, we would like to clarify with you whether there are any specific sectors of the economy with standards under development or particular standards development committees that you are interested in so that we could potentially narrow the scope of your request.

I am always happy to discuss further.

Best regards,

Silvie Zantza
SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE NATIONAL MANAGER

Standards New Zealand | Consumer Protection and Standards | Market Services Group |
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

Telephone: +64 4 8965126 | Mobile:+64 021871204 | [email address]
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

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