Deputy Secretary
Sandra Parker
Mr Jason McNamara
Executive Director
Office of Best Practice Regulation
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
One National Circuit
BARTON  ACT  2600

Email: helpdesk@obpr.gov.au

Dear Mr McNamara
Options-stage Regulation Impact Statement
I am writing in relation to the attached Options-stage Regulation Impact Statement concerning the revocation of the Fair Work Principles and the Commonwealth Cleaning Services Guidelines.
I am satisfied that the Options-stage Regulation Impact Statement meets the Government’s best practice regulation requirements, including that:
•	all seven elements have been addressed (problem, objectives, options, impact analysis, consultation, conclusion and recommendation and implementation and review);
•	compliance cost savings for business have been quantified;
•	compliance cost savings for business have been estimated using the Australian Government Business Cost Calculator, and presented in the Regulatory Burden and Cost Offset Estimate table; and
•	a range of feasible options, including a regulatory option (eg maintaining the current regulation), a non-regulatory option, and a light-handed regulatory option, have been considered.
I submit the certified Regulation Impact Statement to the Office of Best Practice Regulation for publication on its website following announcement of a decision being made.
Yours sincerely

Sandra Parker
18 February 2014