Regulation and its Review 1998-99
Annual Report Series
Regulation and its Review 1998-99 was released on 30 November 1999. The report forms part of the Commission‘s annual report series and meets its obligation to report annually on compliance with the Commonwealth's requirements for the making and review of regulations.
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- Preliminaries (PDF - 206 Kb)
Cover, Copyright, Foreword, Contents and Abbreviations - Overview (PDF - 27 Kb)
- Chapter 1 Best practice processes for regulation (PDF - 55 Kb)
1.1 Commonwealth RIS requirements for new or amended regulation
1.2 Review and reform of existing legislation
1.3 Commonwealth regulatory performance monitoring and accountability initiatives
1.4 COAG principles and guidelines
1.5 Role of the ORR - Chapter 2 Compliance with RIS requirements (PDF - 40 Kb)
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Primary legislation
2.3 Delegated legislation
2.4 Quasi-regulation
2.5 Treaties
2.6 National regulation making - Chapter 3 Improving compliance (PDF - 32 Kb)
3.1 Awareness of requirements
3.2 Compliance at the decision-making stage
3.3 Better integration of the RIS
3.4 Consequences of non-compliance
3.5 Gatekeeper procedures
3.6 Quality of analysis
3.7 Tracking regulatory activity - Chapter 4 Commonwealth legislation reviews (PDF - 19 Kb)
4.1 Status of reviews
4.2 Clearance of terms of reference
4.3 Composition of review bodies - Appendix A Role and activities of the ORR (PDF - 51 Kb)
- Appendix B Compliance by portfolio (PDF - 16 Kb)
- Appendix Commonwealth Legislation Review Schedule - status of reviews as at 30 June 1999 (PDF - 70 Kb)
- Appendix D Regulatory reform in the States and Territories (PDF - 39 Kb)
- Appendix E OECD reviews (PDF - 24 Kb)
- References (PDF - 11 Kb)
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