making greater use of access to information about Annual Regulatory Plans to Commonwealth regulatory signal more effectively activities. The web-list is major prospective reform intended to go live in June 2013 activity; and will be updated annually. a rolling program of Better The Commonwealth’s rolling Regulation Ministerial program of Better Regulation Partnerships to address Ministerial Partnerships remains areas of government ongoing, with four partnerships operation and regulation underway. where there may be scope The Commonwealth is preparing for improvement and for the commencement of formal provide for rigorous review sunsetting arrangements, of the extent to which including by: regulatory frameworks are unnecessary or poorly developing guidance material targeted; and on sunsetting processes; the commencement, from streamlining the sunsetting workload; and 2015, of formal sunsetting arrangements for legislative finalising the first list of instruments to build on sunsetting instruments to be current initiatives that will tabled in Parliament on the see the removal of more first sitting day after than a third of the 1 October 2013. regulations on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. NSW Targeted Reviews: Through its Better Regulation Office, NSW undertakes reviews of regulatory arrangements in specific areas or industries where such arrangements might be improved or removed. Targeted reviews provide an opportunity for in-depth analysis of a specific area of the stock of existing regulation which may not have been address adequately through other regulatory instruments such as sunsetting arrangements. A total of 13 reviews have been completed to date, and the Better Regulation Office currently has two reviews underway which are examining the NSW Government’s RIA process and regulation of sex services premises. Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Red Tape Reduction Reviews: The NSW Government has asked IPART to undertake a rolling series of inquiries to identify red tape reduction opportunities in priority industries consistent with NSW 2021.
making greater use of Annual Regulatory Plans to signal more effectively major prospective reform activity; a rolling program of Better Regulation Ministerial Partnerships to address areas of government operation and regulation where there may be scope for improvement and provide for rigorous review of the extent to which regulatory frameworks are unnecessary or poorly targeted; and the commencement, from 2015, of formal sunsetting arrangements for legislative instruments to build on current initiatives that will see the removal of more than a third of the regulations on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. access to information about Commonwealth regulatory activities. The web-list is intended to go live in June 2013 and will be updated annually. The Commonwealth’s rolling program of Better Regulation Ministerial Partnerships remains ongoing, with four partnerships underway. The Commonwealth is preparing for the commencement of formal sunsetting arrangements, including by: developing guidance material on sunsetting processes; streamlining the sunsetting workload; and finalising the first list of sunsetting instruments to be tabled in Parliament on the first sitting day after 1 October 2013. NSW Targeted Reviews: Through its Better Regulation Office, NSW undertakes reviews of regulatory arrangements in specific areas or industries where such arrangements might be improved or removed. Targeted reviews provide an opportunity for in-depth analysis of a specific area of the stock of existing regulation which may not have been address adequately through other regulatory instruments such as sunsetting arrangements. A total of 13 reviews have been completed to date, and the Better Regulation Office currently has two reviews underway which are examining the NSW Government’s RIA process and regulation of sex services premises. Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Red Tape Reduction Reviews: The NSW Government has asked IPART to undertake a rolling series of inquiries to identify red tape reduction opportunities in priority industries consistent with NSW 2021.
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