Background
9. In October 2006, Cabinet noted an initial list of proposals to address issues raised during the Quality Regulation Review. Since then the interviews and draft reports of the four studies in the sectors of retailing, hospitality, wine and horticulture have been completed. A consolidated sector study report and list of solutions and implementation issues is being prepared for the March 2007 Milestone Report.
10. However, departments have already identified new ways in which solutions to some of the issues raised by these studies might be found. Other processes have identified solutions to some issues raised in the Review. In other cases Cabinet has already made decisions which, when implemented, will result in improvements relevant to the concerns raised during the Quality Regulation Review.
11. This paper sets out the solutions for which Ministerial agreement will be sought in the March 2007 Milestone Report as well as solutions that will be developed outside the Quality Regulation Review process.
12. As part of the Quality Regulation Review, the Department of Building and Housing led a project (with the Ministry for the Environment, the Department of Internal Affairs and Local Government New Zealand) to identify and address issues for business in complying with resource, building and related regulations when building on land. The Minister for Building and Construction is reporting to Cabinet in a companion paper that proposes a set of actions to address issues identified with the alignment and administration of resource and building consent regulatory functions.
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