Stop the Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB)

 Submissions on the RSB are open until 1pm 23 June. 
The Regulatory Standards Bill has to be rejected. 

The RSB recommends that Parliament removes any requirement for  all future and existing laws (apart from Treaty settlement Bills) to comply with Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Bill Of Rights Act.

The Treaty Principles was about changing the principles of Te Tiriti, the Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB) is about removing Te Tiriti. 

The obligations listed in the RSB are nearly all related to private property rights: human rights and Te Tiriti obligations are not considered at all. And that is what this Bill is about -
it is about the ACT party's endless focus on private property rights and the prioritisation of corporate profit.

What is ironic is that if this had been law in the 1800s, the entire country would still be totally Māori as a clause in the Bill states:

legislation should not take or impair property without the owner’s consent unless certain requirements are met. The requirements include that there is a good justification for the taking or impairment and fair compensation is provided to the owner... (Part 2, subpart 1 8(c))

The Regulatory Standards Bill will do nothing but enshrine ACT party ideology in every single piece of legislation. It will give unprecedented power to a single minister – and that Minister, the Minister for Regulation, will have the ability to effectively block any Bill that the Minister does not like.

For further information check out some of these links:

Te Ao with Moana: This is Act’s 4th attempt to pass the Regulatory Standards Bill. Why are Act so determined? 

Tania Waikato on the RSB: #BHN What actually is the Regulatory Standards Bill? 

E-Tangata article: The ‘dangerous’ bill has been updated, but how?

ActionStation RSB Quick Submission guide, which includes 50 reasons why you can oppose the Bill (from Tania Waikato)

Written by a group coordinated by Jen Bennett (Thirdspace Aotearoa), Melanie Nelson (Weaving our Worlds) and Dr Ryan Ward: A RSB Explainer and submission guide 

For more info on Seymour: Mata Reports | ACT: The Foreign Influences That Have Shaped David Seymour's Political Agenda | RNZ 

Reject the Regulatory Standards Bill

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