Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIA)

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All policy initiatives that propose any change to regulations require a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) also known as a ‘regulatory impact statement’.

RIAs are the Ministry of Transport’s document which summarise the Ministry's advice and supporting research on a regulatory proposal. The Assessment’s are a direct response to the Government’s expectation that agencies provide robust analysis and informed advice to Ministers before making regulatory change.

The RIA outlines the problem, objectives and proposed options, the social and economic costs and benefits, the proposed approach to consultation, implementation, monitoring, and subsequent review of the relevant regulatory policy proposal.

For transparency and public interest, we release RIAs on our website. Follow the links below to view the Ministry's RIAs.

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2010

The following four Regulatory Impact Statements were prepared to support the proposed changes to the Road User Charges system:

A small amount of information has been withheld from the above documents under the Official lnformation Act 1982.

The following four Regulatory Impact Statements were prepared for the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Bill:

Other Regulatory Impact Statements and Business Compliance Cost Statements:

2009 and earlier

The following National Interest Analysis reports have been prepared for the proposed changes to the Maritime Transport Act contained in the Marine Protection Legislation Bill:

The following Regulatory Impact Statements have been prepared for the proposed changes to the Maritime Transport Act contained in the Marine Protection Legislation Bill:

Other Regulatory Impact Statements: