On 18 April 2024, MBIE on behalf of the Minister for ACC released a consultation document on proposed changes to regulations made under the Accident Compensation Act 2001, essentially addressing the following three topics: Chinese medicine, paramedics, and audiometrists.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment is seeking feedback on the effectiveness of New Zealand’s financial dispute resolution system and whether there are opportunities for improvements.
On 2 May 2024, the Government announced that it would modernise and improve insurance law so that consumers and businesses can effectively protect themselves against risk.
This page describes the housing and tenancy regulatory system, its objectives and our qualitative assessment of it. It also lists the main statutes and changes to regulation either planned or in progress.
The last piece of water reform legislation ensuring New Zealanders have safe, reliable and affordable drinking water passed its third reading on 23 August.
MBIE consulted on an exposure draft of the Consumer Information Standards (Unit Pricing for Grocery Products) Regulations 2023. These draft regulations intend to help consumers compare grocery prices more easily by requiring the consistent display of unit pricing in New Zealand’s major grocery retailers.
We sought feedback on an exposure draft of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance (Buy Now Pay Later) Amendment Regulations 2022 (the Draft Regulations).
Since launching in February 2023, the New Zealand Claims Resolution Service (NZCRS) has registered 1,725 cases and helped homeowners to resolve more than 900 cases.