Have Your Say On Proposed Changes To The Overseas Investment Act

The Chairperson of the Finance and Expenditure Committee is calling for public submissions on the Overseas Investment (National Interest Test and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. The closing date for submissions is 11.59pm on Wednesday, 23 July 2025.

The bill proposes a range of amendments to the Overseas Investment Act, including to:

• change the purpose statement of the Act
• consolidate the national interest, benefit to New Zealand, and investor tests into a single test
• require the regulator to grant consent within 15 working days unless there are reasonable grounds to consider that a risk to national interest exists
• create a new regulation-making power enabling regulations to specify new classes of screened transactions that must undergo a national interest assessment.

Tell the Finance and Expenditure Committee what you think:

Make a submission on the bill by 11.59pm on Wednesday, 23 July 2025.

For more details about the bill:

• Read the full content of the bill
• Get more details about the bill
• Read what has been said in Parliament about the bill

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