Consultations listing

This consultation is seeking feedback on the statute revision programme for 2024-2026. This programme identifies Acts to be revised over the next Parliamentary term, to make them clearer and more accessible. It focuses on Acts that are old, use outdated language, or are heavily amended.

Northland Regional Council are currently consulting on their Long Term Plan 2024-34 and draft User Fees and Charges 2024/25

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is proposing to create a new animal products notice. The proposed notice would allow exporters of day-old chicks and hatching eggs to establish a biosecure compartment which can be certified to be free from particular diseases. The notice is called Regulated Control Scheme – Production of day-old chicks and hatching eggs within a compartment for export.

Consultation on two main topics - Public Transport Ownership and CentrePort. There are also 12 inform topics.

This interpretation statement provides general guidance on the income tax treatment of partnerships. Most of this statement is relevant to both general and limited partnerships. The rules are largely the same for both types of partnership.

The employee share scheme (ESS) tax regime was reformed in 2018. Since then, we have received various questions about how the law applies in certain scenarios and interacts with other regimes (such as PAYE and FBT). Given the wide range of issues we have been asked to consider, we have produced six items (five interpretation statements and one question we’ve been asked), with each one focusing on specific tax implications for ESS. We decided to take this approach, rather than producing one larger item, so it is easier for people to find guidance on the issue that they are interested in. Together these items aim to provide guidance and examples that demonstrate the Commissioner’s (draft) view on some of the issues related to ESS.

This SPS updates and replaces SPS 18/02: Requests to change a balance date. Paragraph 18 discusses Māori customers and businesses adopting a 30 June balance date to align with Maramataka Māori. Paragraphs 66 to 74 discuss the Commissioner’s ability to approve a change of balance date under the Financial Reporting Act 2013 and a customer’s transitional reporting period for the purpose of any financial reporting obligations subject to that Act. The transitional period for financial reporting purposes may be different from the period the customer is required to file a transitional income tax return for.

Fisheries New Zealand is seeking your views on proposals to change the recreational daily bag limits for kina (Evechinus chloroticus and Centrostephanus rodgersii) in fisheries management area 1 (FMA 1). FMA 1 is an area defined in Schedule 1 of the Fisheries Act 1996. It covers the east coast of the North Island from North Cape down to Cape Runaway (Bay of Plenty).

Fisheries New Zealand is seeking your views on a proposal to introduce a new special permit purpose under section 97 of the Fisheries Act 1996. The special permit purpose would enable the removal of sea urchins for the management or prevention of urchin barrens (areas of the seafloor overgrazed by urchins).

Ngā tāngata kaitiaki ō Te Hikutū (Te Hikutū Hapū) has applied for a mātaitai reserve (Te Mātaitai ō Te Hikutū) in the southern part of the Hokianga Harbour, Northland.

New Zealand Food Safety is proposing these changes to the Food Notice – Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds.

The Patuharakeke Te Iwi Trust Board, on behalf of the Patuharakeke hapū, has requested a further 2-year temporary closure to the harvest of all shellfish from Mair Bank and Marsden Bank, Marsden Point.

The Radiation Safety Act 2016 (the Act) is administered by the Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora. Section 86(1) of the Act allows the Director for Radiation Safety (the Director) to issue codes of practice. This is for the purpose of specifying technical requirements.  Section 90(a) of the Act requires the Director to review a code of practice at least once every five years.