Business Compliance Cost Reduction Report-Back
In December 2000, the government established the 11-member Ministerial Panel on Business Compliance Costs ("the Panel"), as part of a wider strategy to reduce compliance costs. Having sought the views of businesses throughout the country, the Panel submitted 162 recommendations to the government on ways to reduce compliance costs for business. When sub-recommendations are included, and as a few recommendations were responded to collectively, the actual number of recommendations responded to by the Government was 181.
In December 2001, the government published its response to the Panel's recommendations, Striking the Balance. In that response, the government "Agreed", "Agreed in Part", or "Agreed in Principle" to 155 of the recommendations and sub recommendations. The remaining Panel recommendations were not agreed to by the government.
In Striking the Balance, the government agreed to report-back on agencies progress in implementing the Panel's recommendations by 30 June 2003. A final report was then to be produced. The Ministry co-ordinated a cross-departmental report-back on implementation of the recommendations and released the Final Report-Back in July 2005.
Ministerial Panel on Business Compliance Costs Final Report Back
This Report details the recommendations of ways business compliance costs can be reduced. These recommendations were made my an 11-member Minesterial Panel, and many of them relate to Government legislation.
Report Back on Implementation of the Recommendations of the Ministerial Panel on Business Compliance Costs
Report Back on Implementation of the Recommendations of the Ministerial Panel on Business Compliance Costs.
Media Statements
Media statements relating to the Business Compliance Cost Reduction Report-Back.
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