Accountability

The Commerce Commission is an independent, quasi-judicial body, established under the Commerce Act.

The Commission is accountable to the Minister of Commerce and Associate Minister of Commerce for its performance. Our independence allows us to be an impartial promoter and enforcer of the law.

The Commission delivers it outputs under an Output Agreement with the Minister of Commerce and the Minister of Communications and Information Technology.

Our work is funded through Vote Commerce and through Vote Communications.

The Commission's performance is measured against a very detailed set of Output Measures, which are agreed with our monitoring agency, the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE). We produce a Statement of Intent annually setting out our future work programme and report against this quarterly to the government via MBIE, and annually to the government and taxpayers of New Zealand via the Annual Report.

Older accountability documents are in the online archive.

Documents

2013/14 Accountability documents

22/05/2013 (1 documents)

Commerce Commission Statement of Intent 2013-2016 PDF (1.2 MB)
Published on 22 May 2013

2009/10 Accountability documents

01/07/2009 (4 documents)

Commerce Commission Statement of Intent 2009-2012 PDF (447 KB)
It is the Government's expectation that the Commission will contribute to its objective of driving productive, noninflationary growth of the New Zealand economy. The Commission will aim to create an environment which promotes confidence and certainty in markets, so as to foster investment decisions and encourage innovation.
Commerce Commission Output Agreement 2009/10 PDF (2 MB)
2009 10 Commerce Commission Annual Report Appendices PDF (295 KB)
2009 10 Commerce Commission Annual Report PDF (653 KB)