Regulation and supervision Statements of approaches Statement of policy-making approach

Statement of policy-making approach

The purpose of the Statement of policy-making approach is to set out an accessible up-to-date summary of the Reserve Bank's regulatory policy-making processes.

This includes:

  • consultation;
  • regulatory impact analysis;
  • timelines;
  • and the principles that inform the Reserve Bank’s approach.

View the Statement of policy-making approach (PDF 552KB)

 

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