What will Resources Regulation do to support compliance? We are committed to ensuring authority holders are given up-to-date regulatory information in a timely way, to ensure they understand how to achieve compliance. We will do this through the following ways: during primary approval processes, for example, we assess a business’s capacity to comply intelligence sharing between regulators and past performance of authority holders informs our decision making publication of case studies and examples of good looks like’, and provision of tools. ‘what Our goal is that site authority holders understand what compliance looks like. To help with this we will: provide on-site feedback during inspections and audits distribute compliance alerts develop fact sheets to outline how we assess applications including information about the risks posed by the proposed activity and the environmental outcomes to be met through conditions publish case studies contribute to industry publications host information sessions. How will Earth Resources Regulation measure the effectiveness of its Compliance Strategy? Governance Earth Resources Regulation has resources dedicated to the planning and delivery of risk-based compliance, engagement, education, regulation and enforcement programs. It aims to ensure authority holder compliance with all statutory obligations, including all mining, extractive and petroleum authority holder approvals, the payment of rents and royalties, offence management, and bond setting and submission. In 2016 the Australian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulators neTwork (AELERT) released its Modern Regulator Improvement Tool (MRIT), see Figure 8. We are using this framework to increase its capabilities. To provide a consistent and proportional response to compliance and enforcement activities across Victoria, Earth Resources Regulation’s Governance Committee and Chief Inspector: reviews and documents compliance action decisions reviews and documents the compliance plan effectiveness ensures internal guidance documents, standard operating procedures and authorised officer training are in accordance with DEDJTR training standards. The Chief Inspector is responsible for maintaining a register of all compliance actions and decisions, and an account of how the decisions and risks fit into this compliance strategy, our annual plan and
What will Resources Regulation do to support compliance? We are committed to ensuring authority holders are given up-to-date regulatory information in a timely way, to ensure they understand how to achieve compliance. We will do this through the following ways: during primary approval processes, for example, we assess a business’s capacity to comply intelligence sharing between regulators and past performance of authority holders informs our decision making publication of case studies and examples of ‘what good looks like’, and provision of tools. Our goal is that site authority holders understand what compliance looks like. To help with this we will: provide on-site feedback during inspections and audits distribute compliance alerts develop fact sheets to outline how we assess applications including information about the risks posed by the proposed activity and the environmental outcomes to be met through conditions publish case studies contribute to industry publications host information sessions. How will Earth Resources Regulation measure the effectiveness of its Compliance Strategy? Governance Earth Resources Regulation has resources dedicated to the planning and delivery of risk-based compliance, engagement, education, regulation and enforcement programs. It aims to ensure authority holder compliance with all statutory obligations, including all mining, extractive and petroleum authority holder approvals, the payment of rents and royalties, offence management, and bond setting and submission. In 2016 the Australian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulators neTwork (AELERT) released its Modern Regulator Improvement Tool (MRIT), see Figure 8. We are using this framework to increase its capabilities. To provide a consistent and proportional response to compliance and enforcement activities across Victoria, Earth Resources Regulation’s Governance Committee and Chief Inspector: reviews and documents compliance action decisions reviews and documents the compliance plan effectiveness ensures internal guidance documents, standard operating procedures and authorised officer training are in accordance with DEDJTR training standards. The Chief Inspector is responsible for maintaining a register of all compliance actions and decisions, and an account of how the decisions and risks fit into this compliance strategy, our annual plan and
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