Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY i 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Regulation of local government 1 1.2 Purpose of this Regulatory Impact Statement 2 2 THE REASONS FOR REGULATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING AND REPORTING 3 2.1 Background 3 2.2 Nature of the problem 4 2.3 Extent of the problem 6 2.4 Timing of changes 13 3 THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS 15 3.1 Objective 15 3.2 Base case 15 3.3 Good regulatory design and minimising the reporting burden 16 3.4 The proposed Regulations 17 3.5 Impact assessment of the proposed Regulations 22 4 ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS 28 4.1 Identification of alternative options 28 4.2 Approaches in other jurisdictions 28 4.3 Non-regulatory options 30 4.4 Options assessed in this RIS 31 4.5 Conclusion on alternative options 35 5 IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT 37 5.1 Implementation 37 5.2 Enforcement 39 6 IMPACTS ON COMPETITION 40 7 CONSULTATION 41 ATTACHMENTS 45
Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY i 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Regulation of local government 1 1.2 Purpose of this Regulatory Impact Statement 2 2 THE REASONS FOR REGULATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING AND REPORTING 3 2.1 Background 3 2.2 Nature of the problem 4 2.3 Extent of the problem 6 2.4 Timing of changes 13 3 THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS 15 3.1 Objective 15 3.2 Base case 15 3.3 Good regulatory design and minimising the reporting burden 16 3.4 The proposed Regulations 17 3.5 Impact assessment of the proposed Regulations 22 4 ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS 28 4.1 Identification of alternative options 28 4.2 Approaches in other jurisdictions 28 4.3 Non-regulatory options 30 4.4 Options assessed in this RIS 31 4.5 Conclusion on alternative options 35 5 IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT 37 5.1 Implementation 37 5.2 Enforcement 39 6 IMPACTS ON COMPETITION 40 7 CONSULTATION 41 ATTACHMENTS 45
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