Residential Tenancies (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025
2025/109
Residential Tenancies (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025
Cindy Kiro, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 19th day of May 2025
Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
These regulations are made under section 140 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Residential Tenancies (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 1 July 2025.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Residential Tenancies (Fees) Regulations 1998.
4 Regulation 2 amended (Tenancy Tribunal application fee)
In regulation 2(1), replace “$27”
with “$28”
.
5 Regulation 4 amended (Records in Tribunal registry)
In regulation 4(1), replace “$14”
with “$15”
.
6 Regulation 5 amended (Fees for transcribing and copying of proceedings)
(1)
In regulation 5(1), replace “$34”
with “$35”
.
(2)
In regulation 5(2), replace “$14”
with “$15”
.
Nicola Purvis,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 1 July 2025, amend the Residential Tenancies (Fees) Regulations 1998. These regulations increase the fees payable for—
filing an application with the Tenancy Tribunal (the Tribunal):
inspecting the records and papers relating to an application:
transcribing or copying an audio tape of Tribunal proceedings.
The fees include goods and services tax. They are being increased by an inflation adjustment of 3.65%, which is based on a weighted average of the Labour Cost Index and the Producers Price Index. The new fees are rounded to the nearest dollar.
Date of notification in Gazette: 22 May 2025.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.