Application of Regulatory Impact Analyses
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From: Andrew Riddell
Dear The Treasury,
The New Zealand Herald reports that government departments and ministries have been advised by Treasury to not prepare regulatory impact analyses in relation to certain legislation to repeal existing laws.
Please provide all advice and communications and assessments by The Treasury, including advice and communications and assessments to cabinet and/or ministers, relating to this decision to not prepare regulatory impact analyses and list all the proposed legislation that this applies to.
I confirm I am a New Zealand citizen permanently resident in New Zealand.
Ngā mihi,
Andrew Riddell
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From: Andrew Riddell
Dear Ministerial Services Inbox [TSY],
I have reviewed the information provided and do not understand how parts of the provided Treasury reports/advice on regulatory impact statements can be redacted on the grounds that the content is out of scope.
My request was about regulatory impact statements, the reports are about regulatory impact statements. Clearly all of a report about regulatory impact statements is in scope.
Further I, as the requester, am much better placed to decide on the relevance of information provided or withheld.
Therefore I request the documentation Treasury has provided to date be resent without the "out of scope" redactions.
Thanks.
Ngā mihi
Andrew Riddell
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The Treasury
Dear Andrew
Thank you for your further request under the Official Information Act
1982, which was received on 28 February 2024. A response will be provided
in accordance with the Act.
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(OIA) request. When you are provided with a response to this request, you
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personal information, including your name and contact details, will be
removed. This publication process does not apply to extension letters or
transfers.
Please note that the second part of the briefing which was out of scope
relates to the interaction between 100 Day Action Plan commitments and
NZ's international obligations in relation to undertaking consultation on
policy proposals.
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Dear Andrew
Attached is the response to your Official Information Act request. Please
note that this response has been signed out via an electronic process,
rather than a physical signature.
Kind regards
Nikki
Senior Ministerial Advisor | Te Tai Ôhanga – The Treasury
Visit us online at [1]https://treasury.govt.nz/ and follow us on
[2]Twitter, [3]LinkedIn and [4]Instagram
[IN-CONFIDENCE]
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Categorised the response as some of the requested information has been received because I still need to review all the redactions and withheld information.
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