Minister_of_Commerce_and_Consumer_Affairs
Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
New Zealand minister of the Crown
The Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs is a minister in the New Zealand Government with the responsibilities including corporate law and governance, financial markets, competition policy, consumer policy, protecting intellectual property, and trade policy and international regulatory cooperation, most of which is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The position was established as Minister of Commerce in 1987 and superseded the previous office of Minister of Trade and Industry.
Starting from October 2014, the position was combined with the now-disestablished Minister of Consumer Affairs.
The present Minister is Andrew Bayly.[2]