Published impact analyses
Published impact analyses for decisions announced by the Australian Government, ministerial forums and national standard setting bodies.
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Department of Health
Impact Analysis (IA)
Aust Gov
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Impact Analysis (IA)
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.
Commonwealth-State
National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
Impact Analysis (IA)
COAG Consultation Regulation Impact Statement – Equipment Energy Efficiency Programme
Commonwealth-State
Impact Analysis (IA)
COAG Regulation Impact Statement – COAG Health Council
Commonwealth-State
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Impact Analysis (IA)
COAG Decision Regulation Impact Statement – Meeting of Environment Ministers
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Department of the Treasury
Post Implementation Review (PIR)
Post-implementation Review – Treasury
Aust Gov, Commonwealth-State
Department of the Treasury
Post Implementation Review (PIR)
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.
Aust Gov
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
Impact Analysis (IA)
Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
Aust Gov
Department of Social Services
Impact Analysis (IA)
Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Social Services
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Department of Health
Post Implementation Review (PIR)
Post–implementation Review – Department of Health
In April 2010 the then Prime Minister announced a decision to require all tobacco products to be sold in plain packaging. The regulation also standardised the appearance of the tobacco products themselves. A Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) was required but not finalised before the decision. Consequently, under the Government’s best practice regulation process a Post‑implementation Review (PIR) was required. The measure was fully implemented from 1 December 2012. A PIR was completed by the Department of Health in February 2016 and was assessed as compliant by the Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR). Regulatory costings have been agreed with the OBPR. The Department of Health subsequently provided an addendum, dated 19 May 2016, to the analysis contained in Appendix A to the PIR.