Solutions to Be Progressed in an Omnibus Bill
13. One of my objectives in this Review is to provide for a vehicle to progress regulatory and legislative amendments as expeditiously as possible. Therefore, I have asked officials to work on the basis that any solutions that require legislative amendment will be progressed in an Omnibus Bill.
14. The following new initiatives have been identified to address duplication, gaps, and inconsistencies between different pieces of legislation that create excessive compliance costs and uncertainty. Cabinet agreement to the details of solutions for the following issues will be sought in the March 2007 Milestone Report (details are set out in Annex One):
- Inconsistencies between the Consumer Credit Contracts Act 2003 and the Second Hand Dealers and Pawn Brokers Act;
- A lack of clarity on whether the co-regulatory arrangements under the Gas Act 1992 applies to gas used for feedstock;
- Confusion and excessive compliance for industry caused by both the Weights and Measures Act (WMA) 1987 and Gas Act 1992 applying to liquid petroleum gas (LPG);
- The difficulty that some businesses have in determining when averaging of relevant daily pay should occur under the Holidays Act 2003 and how commission payments should be treated, without undermining employees' holidays entitlements if approved by the Minister of Labour;
- The prescriptive nature of the taxation legislation in relation to what constitutes an invoice for GST purposes;
- The restrictive requirements in the Designs Act 1953 in relation to the payment of renewal fees; and
- The paperwork required for obtaining a mining permit under the Crown Minerals Act 1991.
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