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Submissions process
The Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) seeks written submissions on the changes proposed in this document by 5:00pm on 27 November 2024.
A submission may range from a short response on one disease and exposure pairing recommended for inclusion in Schedule 2, to a more detailed response covering all fourteen proposed additions. Where possible, please explain the reasoning behind your views. This will better inform our final policy advice to the Minister for ACC.
Please direct any questions that you have in relation to the submissions process to ACregs@mbie.govt.nz
Use of information
The information provided in submissions will be used to inform MBIE’s policy development process and will inform advice to Ministers on proposed additions to the list of occupational diseases in Schedule 2 of the Accident Compensation Act 2001. We may contact submitters directly if we require clarification of any matters in submissions.
Release of information
MBIE intends to upload PDF copies of submissions received to this website to make them publicly available. MBIE will consider you to have consented to your submission being uploaded, unless you clearly specify otherwise in your submission.
If your submission contains any information that is confidential, commercially sensitive, or you otherwise wish us not to publish, please:
- indicate this on the front of the submission, with any confidential information clearly marked within the text
- provide a separate version excluding the relevant information for publication on our website.
Submissions remain subject to request under the Official Information Act 1982. Please set out clearly in the cover letter or e-mail accompanying your submission if you have any objection to the release of any information in the submission, and in particular, which parts you consider should be withheld, together with the reasons for withholding the information. MBIE will take such objections into account and will consult with submitters when responding to requests under the Official Information Act 1982.
Private information
The Privacy Act 2020 establishes certain principles regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information about individuals by various agencies, including MBIE. Any personal information you supply to MBIE in the course of making a submission will only be used for the purpose of assisting in the development of policy advice in relation to this review. Please clearly indicate in the cover letter or email accompanying your submission if you do not wish your name, or any other personal information, to be included in any summary of submissions that MBIE may publish.