Have Your Say on Our Upcoming Exposure Draft

Officials are currently developing an exposure draft of the Farm Debt Mediation Bill. We will be inviting public feedback on this draft in the coming months. The Exposure Draft will be available on the MPI website and its release will be publicised.

Cabinet paper seeks cabinet's permission to release a discussion document on the review of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 (the DIRA) and its impact on the dairy industry.

Paper seeks approval for a review of the regulatory regime for dairy herd improvement and consult publicly on the attached terms of reference and draft consultation paper.

This paper seeks agreement to a number of proposed regulatory amendments
relating to the commercial fishing industry. The proposed amendments are
largely technical changes that facilitate the implementation of electronic catch
and position reporting and innovative trawl technologies.

I seek agreement to publicly release the attached consultation document: A review of cost recovery for selected services provided by the Ministry for Primary Industries in February 2018. The document outlines proposals to update fees and levies, and improve the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI’s) cost recovery arrangements across the biosecurity and food systems.

I seek agreement to direct the Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO) to draft revisions to the regulations and levy orders to implement proposals to improve the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI’s) cost recovery arrangements.

I seek Cabinet approval to implement six proposals to improve the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI’s) cost recovery arrangements; and to submit amended regulations and levy orders to the Executive Council to give effect to these proposals.

This paper seeks a Cabinet decision on how Mycoplasma bovis should be
managed in the future.

This paper seeks approval to publically release the attached terms of reference for the review of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 (the DIRA) and its impact on the dairy industry.

I seek the Cabinet Economic Development Committee’s (DEV) approval to submit the following two sets of regulations to the Executive Council:
 Animal Welfare (Care and Procedures) Regulations 2018; and
 Animal Welfare (Records and Statistics) Amendment Regulations 2018
March 2018

This paper sets out proposals for immediate changes to the current organisational structure of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), to provide increased focus on portfolio areas and ensure clear accountability for regulatory systems across New Zealand’s primary sector.

This paper presents details of a National Environmental Standard for Plantation Forestry (NES-PF) under the RMA. It also seeks Cabinet's agreement to the policy proposal and for MPI and MfE to start the regulation drafting process.

This paper seeks authority to submit the NESPF regulations to the Executive Council