The Australian Government to Regulation www.cuttingredtape.gov.au ABOUT THIS GUIDE The Australian Government Guide to Regulation is intended to be read by every member of the Australian Public Service involved in policy making—from the most junior member of the policy team to the departmental secretary. It provides the context for regulation and encourages policy makers to think about regulatory impact early in the policy process. The principles in this Guide will be supplemented by regular Guidance Notes from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, available at the . ISBN 978-1-922098-34-4 (Hardcopy) ISBN 978-1-922098-35-1 (PDF) ISBN 978-1-922098-36-8 (RTF) © Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, copyright and any other intellectual property rights (if any) in this publication are owned by the Commonwealth of Australia. With the exception of the Coat of Arms, this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, a standard form license agreement that allows you to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt this publication provided that you attribute the work. The full licence terms are available from http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/legalcode. This Guide has been written to help policy makers see regulation in a new light. The Government’s rigorous approach to policy making seeks to ensure that regulation is never adopted as the default solution, but rather introduced as a means of last resort. Regulation can have benefits, but businesses, community organisations and families pay the price of poor regulation.
The Australian Government to Regulation www.cuttingredtape.gov.au ABOUT THIS GUIDE The Australian Government Guide to Regulation is intended to be read by every member of the Australian Public Service involved in policy making—from the most junior member of the policy team to the departmental secretary. It provides the context for regulation and encourages policy makers to think about regulatory impact early in the policy process. The principles in this Guide will be supplemented by regular Guidance Notes from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, available at the . ISBN 978-1-922098-34-4 (Hardcopy) ISBN 978-1-922098-35-1 (PDF) ISBN 978-1-922098-36-8 (RTF) © Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, copyright and any other intellectual property rights (if any) in this publication are owned by the Commonwealth of Australia. With the exception of the Coat of Arms, this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, a standard form license agreement that allows you to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt this publication provided that you attribute the work. The full licence terms are available from http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/legalcode. This Guide has been written to help policy makers see regulation in a new light. The Government’s rigorous approach to policy making seeks to ensure that regulation is never adopted as the default solution, but rather introduced as a means of last resort. Regulation can have benefits, but businesses, community organisations and families pay the price of poor regulation.
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