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Regulatory impact statements

To help ensure that the regulatory process is open and transparent, Regulatory Impact Statements (RIS) prepared to support the consideration of regulatory proposals are published.

2026

Supplementary Analysis Report - Increasing the entry threshold for the Accommodation Supplement for some homeowners (PDF 5.86MB)
2026
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2025

Supplementary Analysis Report - Treatment of housing contributions from boarders (PDF 3.08MB)
2025
Regulatory Impact Statement - Tightening access to Jobseeker Support and Emergency Benefit for 18 and 19 year olds (PDF 617.6KB)
2025
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2024

Regulatory Impact Statement: Changes to welfare settings to support people into employment and off benefit
2024
Supplementary Analysis Report: Tightening the Gateway into Emergency Housing (PDF 23.02MB)
2024
Supplementary Analysis Report: Indexing Main Benefits to Inflation (Word 73.91KB)
2024
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2023

Regulatory Impact Statement:  Use of Childcare Subsidy for compulsory top-up fees charged by home-based ECE providers. (PDF 205.2KB)
2023
Regulatory Impact Statement: Introducing standards for Emergency Housing Special Needs Grants (EH SNG) suppliers (PDF 1.02MB)
2023
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2022

Regulatory Impact Statement: Child Support pass-on (PDF 1.45MB)
2022
Regulatory Impact Statement: Increasing Childcare Assistance Income Thresholds
2022
Regulatory Impact Statement: housing-related hardship assistance – improving support for housing insecure and low-income New Zealanders (Word 149.49KB)
2022
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2018

Regulatory Impact Statement - Legislative changes to increase the professionalism of the social work workforce (as revised July 2018) (Word 231.88KB)
Ministry of social Development
2018
This Regulatory Impact Statement: Improving superannuation portability to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau
Ministry of social Development
2018
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2017

Regulatory Impact Statement: Treatment of Special Benefit clients who may be better off on Temporary Additional Support
Ministry of Social Development
2017
Regulatory Impact Statement – Legislative changes to increase the professionalism of the social work workforce
Ministry of Social Development
2017
Regulatory Impact Statement - Revised Social Security Agreement with Australia
Ministry of Social Development
2017

2016

Regulatory Impact Statements - Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Bill
Ministry of Social Development
2016

Regulatory Impact Statements - Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Bill
Ministry of Social Development
2016
Policy changes proposed as part of the Rewrite of Social Security Act 1964
Ministry of Social Development
2016

2015

Regulatory Impact Statement - Extension of the Youth Service
Ministry of Social Development
2015
Regulatory Impact Statement - Legislation to support the Social Housing Reform Programme
Ministry of Social Development
2015
Budget 2015 package to address child material hardship in New Zealand
Ministry of Social Development
2015

2014

Regulatory Impact Statement - Tertiary-welfare interface: improved alignment of student support with welfare for sole parents
Ministry of Social Development
2014
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemption) Amendment Regulations 2014
Ministry of Social Development
2014
Childcare Assistance – further extension of grandparenting arrangements
Ministry of Social Development
2014

2013

Vulnerable Children Bill
Ministry of Social Development
2013
Portability of New Zealand Superannuation to the Realm of New Zealand
Ministry of Social Development
2013

2013

Welfare Fraud Measures and Debt Recovery
Ministry of Social Development
2013

2012

Welfare Reform - Phase Two
Ministry of Social Development
2012
Welfare Reform - Phase One
Ministry of Social Development
2012

2010

Future Focus changes to the welfare system
Ministry of Social Development
2010
Living Alone Payment
Ministry of Social Development
2010
Social Security Amendment Bill
Ministry of Social Development
2010
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