On 13 December 2010, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority announced the registration of new aircraft maintenance regulations. The new regulations cover continuing airworthiness requirements (Part 42), approved maintenance organisations (Part 145), maintenance personnel licensing (Part 66) and maintenance training organisations (Part 147). Under the changes to engineer licensing requirements, the number of licence categories will be reduced from five to two and the current system of providing a schedule of experience and sitting a CASA licensing exam will be replaced with competency based training administered by CASA approved training organisations. Maintenance organisations servicing regular public transport aircraft will be required to implement a safety management system, which is an organised approach to managing safety.
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On 27 January 2011, Australian Communication and Media Authority announced changes to geographic numbering rules. The changes aim to update the rules for recent changes in technology, most notably the consumer uptake of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. The RIS has been approved by the OBPR.
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203 kB]On 20 December 2010, the Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan, the Minister for Finance & Deregulation Senator Penny Wong and the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy, announced the Government’s response to the National Broadband Network Implementation Study. Regulation Impact Statements were required for parts of this proposal, but the Prime Minister granted an exemption on the basis of exceptional circumstances. A post implementation review will be required within 1 to 2 years of its implementation.
On the 11 January 2011 the Water Charge (Infrastructure) Rules 2010 were registered. The rules were introduced to promote greater transparency and consistency in the way fees and charges are levied across the Murray Darling Basin. The RIS has been approved by the OBPR.
On 24 November 2010, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (No. 186) was tabled in Parliament. The Maritime Labour Convention sets minimum requirements for seafarers to work on ships, conditions of employment, access to accommodation, recreational facilities, food and catering, and access to medical care. The Convention is estimated to apply to approximately 100 Australian registered ships. The RIS has been approved by the OBPR.
On 3 December 2010, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced that the Government will pursue the 22 recommendations put forward by the Media Access Review Final Report. The aim of these changes is to improve access to electronic media for people with hearing and vision impairment. The RIS has been approved by the OBPR.
On 10 December 2010 the Ministerial Council on Energy agreed to phase-out Greenhouse-Intensive Water Heaters in class 1 buildings (eg houses) through prohibiting the installation of electric water heaters in existing Australian homes. The phase-out will apply to all states and territories except Tasmania and will be implemented in two stages; the first stage will commence in 2010, and the second stage will commence in 2012. A separate RIS was prepared and agreed to by the Building Ministers Forum in 2009 for the phase-out of Greenhouse-Intensive Water Heaters in new homes. The OBPR assessed the Decision RIS as adequate.
On 12 December the Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan, announced a package of measures relating to the banking system. One part of the package was changes to the Trade Practices Act 1974 that will empower the ACCC to investigate and prosecute anti-competitive price signalling in specific sectors. The details of the legislative changes are still being finalised, but the first sector that the provisions will apply to is the banking sector. The Prime Minister granted an exemption from the need to prepare a Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) for initial consideration of this issue, but a RIS was prepared for the final decision.
On 12 December the Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan, announced a package of measures relating to the banking system. One of these measures was the requirement for lenders to provide a key fact sheet for new home loan customers. The sheet is expected to contain information on the fees and interest that the consumer is signing up to over the life of the loan, as well as the lowest published competitor rate. Lenders will be required to clearly explain to customers what is meant by every item on the fact sheet. The Prime Minister granted an exemption from the need to prepare a Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) for initial consideration of this issue, but a RIS was prepared for the final decision.
On 12 December the Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan, announced a package of measures relating to the banking system. One part of the package was a undertaking to develop a ‘deep and liquid’ corporate bond market by facilitating the trading of Commonwealth Government Securities on a security exchange, and simplifying the disclosure and prospectus liability regulations associated with issuing corporate bonds to retail investors. A Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) was required for this undertaking, but the Prime Minister granted an exemption on the basis of exceptional circumstances. A post implementation review will be required within 1 to 2 years of its implementation.