19938 (2025). Arena Williams to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Written Question

Published date: 14 May 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	19938 (2025)
Question asked:	30 Apr 2025
Member asking:	Arena Williams
Portfolio:	Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Minister replying:	Hon Scott Simpson
Answer received:	11 May 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_19938_2025
Document guid:	011f0197-09b7-490c-a0a4-55cc4f4402c7

19938 (2025). Arena Williams to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: Since 2015, how many banks in New Zealand, if any, have been penalised for not writing the address of the bank on an envelope to a consumer?

Hon Scott Simpson: My office does not hold this information. My example illustrated how under the current legislation, lenders could be subject to unreasonable penalties for minor and inconsequential omissions. If there have been any cases of this occurring, and if the Commerce Commission decided to investigate those cases, the information would be publicly available on the Commerce Commission’s website at https://comcom.govt.nz/case-register.