Published Impact Analyses

Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Employment

On 18 September 2015, the former Minister for Employment announced changes to the Building Code 2013 (‘the Building Code’) requiring contractors to have a comprehensive policy for managing alcohol and other drugs in the workplace. This includes regular, random testing of workers on Commonwealth funded projects that meet the relevant financial thresholds. The Department of Employment has been assessed as compliant with the RIS requirements but not consistent with best practice. The RIS would have been assessed as best practice if it more clearly identified the likely impacts of each of the proposed options. The RIS estimates the average annual regulatory cost at approximately $13,000. The regulatory cost and associated offset have been agreed with the Office of Best Practice Regulation.

Regulation Impact Statement – Department of the Environment

On 7 October 2015, the Minister for the Environment made the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Safeguard Mechanism) Rule 2015 establishing the operational elements of the safeguard mechanism for the Emissions Reduction Fund. The purpose of the safeguard mechanism is to protect taxpayers’ funds by ensuring that emissions reductions purchased by the Government under the Emissions Reduction Fund are not offset by significant increases in emissions above business-as-usual levels elsewhere in the economy. The safeguard mechanism will commence on 1 July 2016. It is designed to ensure that:

Post-implementation Review – Treasury

On 3 November 2011, the then Government introduced legislation to allow superannuation funds to offer tailored MySuper products to employers with more than 500 employees. A Regulation Impact Statement was required at the time the decision was made, but was exempted from the best practice regulation requirements by the then Prime Minister. Consequently a post-implementation review (PIR) was required. A PIR was completed by the Treasury in consultation with its Ministerial Advisory Council and was assessed as compliant by the Office of Best Practice Regulation. The PIR found the proposal imposed an annual regulatory burden of $68,750.

Regulation Impact Statement – The Treasury

Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Immigration and Border Protection

Independent Review – Department of Immigration and Border Protection

On 8 May 2015, the Government released its response to the recommendations of the 2014 Independent Review of the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA). The review was tasked with, among other things:

Regulation Impact Statement for consultation – Attorney-General’s Department

On 3 December 2015, the Attorney-General’s Department commenced consultation on a draft Privacy Amendment (Notification of Serious Data Breaches) Bill 2015. The Bill would require Government agencies and businesses subject to the Privacy Act 1988 to notify the national privacy regulator and affected individuals following a serious data breach. A RIS has been prepared by the Attorney-General’s Department for consultation. Submissions close on Friday 4 March 2016. The RIS has been certified by the Attorney-General’s Department and was subject to an early assessment by the Office of Best Practice Regulation.

COAG Consultation Regulation Impact Statement – Consumer Affairs Australia New Zealand

COAG Decision Regulation Impact Statement – Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Remaking of sunsetting instrument without amendments – Department of the Treasury