But it will not be the last word – it will be a draft of the proposed reforms and the lending industry will be asked to make comments on them before formal implementation of the changes in June.
This has been revealed by the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) following concerns by brokers that reforms were promised two weeks ago but nothing has happened since.
The saga originated in complaints that the CCCFA was throttling the finance industry in expensive red tape.
It was also causing dependable borrowers to lose access to money they were counting on and which would previously have been granted without any drama.
These complaints grew so loud than the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs David Clark was forced to review the rules less than two months after they were implemented.
On March 11, Clark announced the first of a two tranche series of reforms.
This first tranche included ending the need for lenders to trawl through bank statements looking for money spent on lattes or takeaways, as long as robust financial information was already available.
It also included ending the practice of adding money spent on savings or investments to the sum of weekly living costs.
But after Clark made these announcements, not much was heard and lenders continued doing the job in the old way.
Asked about this apparent delay, MBIE said there had been no 'directive’ to industry to comply with the changes.
Instead, officials were working on regulations to implement the agreed changes and these would be ready for public consultation early next month.
After that, a final version would be ready for implementation in June.
MBIE stressed this development concerned only the first tranche of reforms, a second tranche is still being examined by officials.
