Identifying and Evaluating Regulation Reforms

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• Preliminaries (PDF - 121 Kb)
  • Cover, Copyright, Foreword, Terms of reference and Contents.
• Overview - including key points (PDF - 259 Kb)
• Summary of Recommendations (PDF - 108 Kb)
• Chapter 1 What this study is about (PDF - 117 Kb)
  • 1.1 The scope of this study
  • 1.2 Regulation reform in Australia
  • 1.3 How the Commission has approached this study
  • 1.4 The structure of this report
• Chapter 2 Why reform the 'stock' of regulation? (PDF - 142 Kb)
  • 2.1 The importance of 'good' regulation
  • 2.2 Managing the stock of regulation
  • 2.3 Marshalling reform efforts
• Chapter 3 Approaches to reviewing and reforming the stock of regulation (PDF - 394 Kb)
  • 3.1 Three broad approaches
  • 3.2 Management approaches
  • 3.3 Programmed reviews
  • 3.4 Ad hoc reviews
• Chapter 4 Lessons from past reviews of regulation (PDF - 305 Kb)
  • 4.1 Different approaches target different burdens
  • 4.2 Stock management approaches
  • 4.3 Programmed review mechanisms
  • 4.4 Ad hoc reviews
  • 4.5 How cost-effective are the approaches?
• Chapter 5 Evaluation methods (PDF - 253 Kb)
  • 5.1 The role of evaluation
  • 5.2 Ex post evaluation methods
  • 5.3 Methods for quantifying the impacts of reform
• Chapter 6 Strengthening the framework for regulation reform (PDF - 234 Kb)
  • 6.1 The regulatory system
  • 6.2 Can the operation of Australia's regulatory system be enhanced?
• Appendix A Submissions and Consultations (PDF - 90 Kb)
• References (PDF - 141 Kb)

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• Appendix B Public stocktake reviews (PDF - 115 Kb)
• Appendix C In-depth reviews (PDF - 119 Kb)
• Appendix D Principles-based reviews (PDF - 205 Kb)
• Appendix E Programmed reviews (PDF - 191 Kb)
• Appendix F Benchmarking (PDF - 152 Kb)
• Appendix G Stock management tools (PDF - 155 Kb)
• Appendix H Regulator performance (PDF - 189 Kb)
• Appendix I Ex post evaluation frameworks (PDF - 250 Kb)
• Appendix J Quantifying the impacts of regulation and reform (PDF - 189 Kb)
• Appendix K How do different countries manage regulation? (PDF - 417 Kb)