Regulation and its Review 2002-03
Annual Report Series
Regulation and its Review 2002-03 was released on 7 November 2003. The report forms part of the Commission's annual report series and meets its obligation to report annually on compliance by Australian Government departments and agencies with the Government's Regulation Impact Statement (RIS). As in last year’s report, RIS compliance information is provided for individual departments and agencies, with a focus on significant regulatory issues. The present volume also examines developments in regulatory policy in selected OECD countries.
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- Preliminaries (PDF - 368 Kb)
Cover, Copyright, Foreword, Contents and Abbreviations - Overview - including key points (PDF - 68 Kb)
- Chapter 1 Improving the quality of regulation (PDF - 37 Kb)
1.1 Regulatory policy
1.2 Regulatory policy in Australia - Chapter 2 Compliance with RIS requirements (PDF - 66 Kb)
2.1 Assessment of compliance
2.2 Compliance by type of regulation
2.3 National regulation making - Chapter 3 Compliance by portfolio (PDF - 82 Kb)
3.1 Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
3.2 Attorney-General’s
3.3 Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
3.4 Defence
3.5 Education, Science and Training
3.6 Employment and Workplace Relations
3.7 Environment and Heritage
3.8 Foreign Affairs and Trade
3.9 Health and Ageing
3.10 Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
3.11 Industry, Tourism and Resources
3.12 Prime Minister and Cabinet
3.13 Transport and Regional Services
3.14 Treasury
3.15 Jointly-sponsored proposals - Chapter 4 Compliance trends since 1998 (PDF - 47 Kb)
4.1 Overall compliance
4.2 Compliance by department and agency
4.3 Improving compliance - Chapter 5 Effective implementation (PDF - 29 Kb)
5.1 Encouraging compliance
5.2 Improving implementation - Appendix A Compliance with COAG Principles and Guidelines (PDF - 53 Kb)
- Appendix B Australian Government legislation reviews (PDF - 14 Kb)
- Appendix C ORR activities and performance (PDF - 44 Kb)
- Appendix D Developments in States and Territories (PDF - 29 Kb)
- Appendix E International developments (PDF - 38 Kb)
- References (PDF - 16 Kb)
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