Cabinet material: Repealing the Therapeutic Products Act

Ministerial decision-making documents

Publication Date: 
23 May 2024

These documents have been proactively released by the Ministry of Health on behalf of the Associate Minister of Health, Hon Casey Costello.

This paper progresses commitments in the National-ACT New Zealand and National-New Zealand First coalition agreements to repeal the Therapeutic Products Act.

Title of Cabinet paper: 

  • Repealing the Therapeutic Products Act

Title of minute/s:            

  • Report of the Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee: Period Ended 3 May 2024 (CAB-24-MIN-0154)
  • Repealing the Therapeutic Products Act (SOU-24-MIN-0032)
  • Progressing the Government's Commitment to Repeal the Therapeutic Products Act 2023: A Proposed Reset for Health Product Regulation (CAB-MIN-0065)

Some parts of this information release would not be appropriate to release and, if requested, would be withheld under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Where this is the case, the relevant sections of the Act that would apply have been identified. Where information has been withheld, no public interest has been identified that would outweigh the reasons for withholding it.

Key to redaction codes:

  • Out of scope of this proactive release.
  • S 9(2)(f)(iv) to maintain the constitutional conventions that protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials.

Ministerial decision-making documents

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