On 27 April 2011, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) announced changes to management arrangements for the Gillnet, Hook and Trap sector of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery, by way of a temporary order. These changes include closures of fishing areas and new monitoring arrangements. A regulation impact statement (assessed as adequate by the OBPR) was required to inform the decision to change the management arrangements but was not prepared. Consequently, the OBPR has assessed the proposal as being non-compliant with the Australian Government’s best practice regulation requirements. A post-implementation review is to be prepared one to two years from implementation of this decision, although in this case the requirement may be met by producing an adequate RIS for any changes implemented following the expiration of the temporary order.