Published Impact Analyses

Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Health

On 11 February 2016, the Minister for Aged Care introduced the Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Increasing Consumer Choice) Bill 2016 to give effect to the first stage of the home care reforms announced in the 2015-16 Budget. Under the changes funding for subsidised home care will follow the consumer, rather than the provider. The effect of the changes is that individuals will have greater choice of home care provider and increased flexibility to change providers. The main changes for home care providers are:

Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Health

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

On 31 December 2015, The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) wrote to the Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR), advising the authority to certify Regulation Impact Statements (RISs) will be delegated to First Assistant Secretary-level officers in DFAT and DFAT’s portfolio agencies. This is consistent with recent changes to improve flexibility in the RIS process by allowing agencies to delegate the certification authority to any Senior Executive Service (SES) level officers. To ensure transparency, a decision to depart from the default RIS certification authority (Secretary, Deputy Secretary, or Chief Executive) will be published on the OBPR website.

COAG Consultation Regulation Impact Statement – Equipment Energy Efficiency Programme

COAG Regulation Impact Statement – COAG Health Council

COAG Decision Regulation Impact Statement – Meeting of Environment Ministers

Post-implementation Review – Treasury

Post-implementation Review – Treasury

On 16 December 2010 the then Government announced its initial response to the Super System Review. A Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) was required at the time the response was announced, but was exempted from the best practice regulation requirements by the then Prime Minister. As such, a post-implementation review (PIR) was required. The PIR examined the requirement for licensees of registrable superannuation entities to maintain a website that provides, free of charge, systematic transparency about each fund and each fund’s management. The 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 (OBPR). The PIR also found the proposal imposed an annual regulatory burden of $5.984 million. Regulatory costings were agreed with the OBPR.

Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development

Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Social Services