Business licences and regulation reform

Bureau of Industry Economics report

This report was released in June 1996.

Preliminaries
- Cover, Copyright, Foreword, Acknowledgements, Contents, Summary
1 Introduction
- 1.1 Purpose of this report
- 1.2 Regulatory context
- 1.3 Definitions
- 1.4 Outline of this report
2 Explanations for licensing
- 2.1 Externalities
- 2.2 Information failures
- 2.3 Competition and market power
- 2.4 Paternalism
- 2.5 Summary
3 When is licensing the best way?
- 3.1 Net benefits and the characteristics of licensing
- 3.2 Notification
- 3.3 Prior approval
- 3.4 Mandatory nature
- 3.5 The level of standards
- 3.6 Summary
4 Removing barriers to entry
- 4.1 Co-regulation, licensing and entry restrictions
- 4.2 Other restrictions associated with licensing
- 4.3 Scope of practice statements and licensed acts
- 4.4 Summary
5 Standards and codes of practice
- 5.1 Personal data protection
- 5.2 Hazardous equipment
- 5.3 Food premises licensing
- 5.4 Summary
6 Compulsory contracts
- 6.1 Economic issues
- 6.2 Workers’ compensation insurance
- 6.3 Social security
- 6.4 Summary
7 Licences and the regulatory context
- 7.1 Regulatory flexibility
- 7.2 Voluntary agreements
- 7.3 Voluntary compliance
- 7.4 Licence rationalisation
- 7.5 Summary
8 Implications for Australia
- 8.1 Restrictions on entry
- 8.2 Standards and codes of practice
- 8.3 Compulsory contracts
- 8.4 Regulatory flexibility
- 8.5 Summary
Appendix Regulation reform in Australia and overseas
Glossary
References