22 September 2016
Reserve Bank to publish consultation responses
The Reserve Bank today published a summary of the feedback received in its recent consultation about whether to
routinely publish individual responses to public and industry consultations.
Until now, the Reserve Bank has published anonymised summaries of responses alongside any final policy decisions that
result from consultation.
After considering feedback on this issue, the Reserve Bank has decided to implement a policy of publishing individual
responses to a consultation, when consent to do so is granted by respondents. This new policy takes effect immediately.
The Reserve Bank believes this change will enhance the transparency of the policy-making process.
All feedback received during consultations is potentially subject to release if requested under the terms of the
Official Information Act 1982 (an OIA request). However, release may be restricted by confidentiality provisions in the
three primary Acts that the Reserve Bank administers that require prudential information about an entity regulated by
the Reserve Bank to be withheld. Specific consent by respondents may permit some prudential material to be published by
the Reserve Bank or released in response to an OIA request.
More information: Summary of Submissions (Publication of Submissions) (PDF 100KB)
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