Disruption to trade. Potential trading partner The department will continue to dissatisfaction with Australia’s provide tailored communication to This has a possible likelihood of export assurance processes. trading partners to assure them that occurring and would have major the level of regulatory oversight over consequences. Potential loss of markets and export exports is not being changed. revenue over short and longer term. The department will incorporate Reputational damage to Australian trading partner feedback into the Government and the department. design of the transitional arrangements to stage the introduction of the improved legislative framework, as appropriate. This will provide trading partners with an opportunity to audit and assess the operation of the improved legislative framework if required. The improved export legislation is Failure to deliver improved export The department commenced the not implemented before legislation before the sunset of the development of the improvements 1 April 2020. legislative instruments. This means early to provide sufficient time for that existing legislative instruments Parliamentary consideration and This has a low likelihood of would need to be remade so they implementation activities to occur. occurring if appropriate continue to support export mitigation management is The department will ensure certification until the new applied. adequate resources are available for framework has commenced. implementation activities. Reputational damage to the Within the department, governance Australian Government and the processes will be followed, including department as a result of regular progress checks and other stakeholder dissatisfaction and monitoring activities (refer to part concern about the ability of the 9.4 below). department to implement the improved legislative framework. Potential adverse impact on trade. Stakeholders do not support the new Producers, exporters and industry The department will continue to legislation or implementation representative bodies do not support engage stakeholders during the activities. the legislation. development and implementation of the legislation to raise awareness of This has a low likelihood of Reputational damage to the the improvements and identify any occurring especially in light of Australian Government and the – concerns and issues. This includes the positive feedback from department as a result of trading partners, exporters and consultation on the draft Bill. stakeholder dissatisfaction. industry and government Potential adverse impact on trade. stakeholders. The department will regularly assess the effectiveness of its communication products and approach to ensure engagement is effective. Transitional arrangements While both the existing and improved legislative framework serve similar purposes, they are not directly comparable. This will mean that measures will need to be put in place so there is continuity of the regulatory oversight of goods from one system to the other and administrative functions and operational activities continue to operate with minimal disruption to business.
Disruption to trade. This has a possible likelihood of occurring and would have major consequences. Potential trading partner dissatisfaction with Australia’s export assurance processes. Potential loss of markets and export revenue over short and longer term. Reputational damage to Australian Government and the department. The department will continue to provide tailored communication to trading partners to assure them that the level of regulatory oversight over exports is not being changed. The department will incorporate trading partner feedback into the design of the transitional arrangements to stage the introduction of the improved legislative framework, as appropriate. This will provide trading partners with an opportunity to audit and assess the operation of the improved legislative framework if required. The improved export legislation is not implemented before 1 April 2020. This has a low likelihood of occurring if appropriate mitigation management is applied. Failure to deliver improved export legislation before the sunset of the legislative instruments. This means that existing legislative instruments would need to be remade so they continue to support export certification until the new framework has commenced. Reputational damage to the Australian Government and the department as a result of stakeholder dissatisfaction and concern about the ability of the department to implement the improved legislative framework. Potential adverse impact on trade. The department commenced the development of the improvements early to provide sufficient time for Parliamentary consideration and implementation activities to occur. The department will ensure adequate resources are available for implementation activities. Within the department, governance processes will be followed, including regular progress checks and other monitoring activities (refer to part 9.4 below). Stakeholders do not support the new legislation or implementation activities. This has a low likelihood of occurring – especially in light of the positive feedback from consultation on the draft Bill. Producers, exporters and industry representative bodies do not support the legislation. Reputational damage to the Australian Government and the department as a result of stakeholder dissatisfaction. Potential adverse impact on trade. The department will continue to engage stakeholders during the development and implementation of the legislation to raise awareness of the improvements and identify any concerns and issues. This includes trading partners, exporters and industry and government stakeholders. The department will regularly assess the effectiveness of its communication products and approach to ensure engagement is effective. Transitional arrangements While both the existing and improved legislative framework serve similar purposes, they are not directly comparable. This will mean that measures will need to be put in place so there is continuity of the regulatory oversight of goods from one system to the other and administrative functions and operational activities continue to operate with minimal disruption to business.
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