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Cabinet Office Circulars

What is a Cabinet Office circular?

From time to time, the Cabinet Office issues circulars on issues which are of general interest to Ministers and departments. Cabinet Office circulars complement the Cabinet Manual and CabGuide, providing detailed guidance on central government processes. Circulars may be incorporated into the Manual or the Guide when the publications are updated.

The information from a number of Cabinet Office circulars was incorporated into the revised Cabinet Manual issued on 15 April 2008. The list of current circulars will be updated shortly.

The Cabinet Office has recently developed the CabGuide website to replace the Step by Step Guide to Cabinet and Cabinet committee procedures. There are many references to the old Step by Step Guide in the Cabinet Office circulars below. While the links in the circulars have been updated and will now take you to the relevant information in the CabGuide, we have not updated the references to the Step by Step Guide publication itself.

Current Circulars

• CO (09) 09 (PDF) 2010 Legislation Programme: Requirements for Submitting Bids (23/11/2009)
• CO (09) 08 (PDF) Regulatory Impact Analysis Requirements: New Guidelines (10/11/2009)
• CO (09) 07 (PDF) National-led Administration: Consultation and Operating Arrangements (16/11/2009)
• CO (09) 06 (PDF) Guidelines for Changes to Baselines (29/09/2009)
• CO (09) 05 (PDF) Fees framework for members appointed to bodies in which the Crown has an interest (03/07/2009)
• CO (09) 04 (PDF) Cabinet Committee Membership: Update: (30/06/2009)
• CO (09) 03 (PDF) Statutes Amendment Bills in 2009 (07/05/2009)
• CO (09) 01 (PDF) Law Commission: Processes for Setting the Work Programme and Government Response to Reports (24/04/2009)
• CO (08) 12 (PDF) Access to information of a previous administration (01/12/08)
• CO (08) 11 (PDF) Resumption of Cabinet Business (24/11/08)
• CO (08) 09 (PDF) Arrangements for transition to new administration (17/11/08)
• CO (08) 08 (PDF) Government decision making during the period of caretaker government (10/11/08)
• CO (08) 07 (PDF) Constitutional Procedures after the General Election (06/11/08)
• CO (08) 06 (PDF) Management of parliamentary business after the dissolution of Parliament (17/09/2008)
• CO (08) 04 (PDF) Delegated Legislation: Guidelines for Legislative Instruments that are not Regulations (14/03/2008)
• CO (08) 03 (PDF) Government decisions and actions in the pre-election period (26/02/2008)
• CO (08) 01 (PDF) Security Classification System: Application to Cabinet Documents (10/01/2008)
• CO (07) 03 (PDF) Regulatory Impact Analysis Requirements: Update of Guidance (03/04/2007)
• CO (07) 02 (PDF) The Financial Veto and 24 Hour Rule (08/03/2007)
• CO (06) 07 (PDF) Ministerial Interventions under the Resource Management Act 1991 (10/07/2006)
• CO (06) 06 (PDF) Whole of Government Directions under the Crown Entities Act 2004 (22/8/2006)
• CO (06) 05 (PDF) Ministers’ Roles and Responsibilities in Relation to Crown Entities (22/8/2006)
• CO (06) 03 (PDF) Development of Statutes Amendment Bill 2006 (17/7/2006)
• CO (05) 9 (PDF) Deposit of Ministers' Papers with Archives New Zealand (16/9/2005)
• CO (05) 5 (PDF) Legal advice and legal professional privilege (15/4/2005)
• CO (02) 17 (PDF) Guidelines for Changes to Baselines (12/12/02)
• CO (02) 16 (PDF) Government Appointments: Increasing Diversity of Board Membership (19/11/02)
• CO (02) 14 (PDF) Guidance for Dealing with Information Relating to Publicly Listed Companies (15/10/02)
• CO (02) 12 (PDF) New Zealand e-Government Interoperability Framework (NZ e-GIF): adoption by government agencies (25/9/02)
• CO (02) 5 (PDF) Appointment of Public Servants to Statutory Boards (22/3/02)
• CO (02) 4 (PDF) Acts Binding the Crown: Procedures for Cabinet Decision (13/3/02)
• CO (02) 3 (PDF) Use of New Zealand Government Locator Service (NZGLS) Metadata Standard (8/3/02)
• CO (02) 2 (PDF) Gender Analysis: Inclusion of Gender Implications Statement in All Submissions to the Cabinet Social Equity Committee (6/3/02)
• CO (01) 4 (PDF) Monitoring Regime for Major Information Technology (IT) Projects (12/4/01)
• CO (00) 14 (PDF) Procedures for Including Non-Official Representatives On Official Delegations to International Meetings (12/12/00)
• CO (99) 12 (PDF) Guidance for Members of Statutory, Commercial and Other Bodies Appointed by the Crown (23/8/99)
• CO (99) 7 (PDF) Financial Delegations and Delegation Limits for Responsible Ministers and Departmental Chief Executives (30/6/99)
• CO (99) 6 (PDF) Policy Framework for Occupational Regulation (8/6/99)