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Inquiry into Regulatory Efficiency Legislation

Terms of Reference

The Law Reform Committee of Parliament is requested to inquire into, consider, and report to Parliament on the most appropriate manner in which to frame Regulatory Efficiency Legislation as a means to reduce the burden of regulatory compliance on business, while ensuring that key regulatory objectives continue to be met and that regulatory standards are not compromised.

In particular, the committee is requested to examine:

  1. the nature and effectiveness of similar legislation or legislative proposals in other relevant jurisdictions;
  2. available options within the broad model of Regulatory Efficiency Legislation and advise on their merits and appropriateness in application to the Victorian regulatory environment;
  3. appropriate processes and responsibilities for alternative compliance mechanisms under Regulatory Efficiency Legislation;
  4. the costs for both business and government of the development and application of alternative compliance mechanisms under Regulatory Efficiency Legislation; and
  5. the application of similar models under specific regulatory regimes, e.g. the alternative scheme envisaged to operate within the compliance and enforcement module of the National Road Transport Law.

The Committee is requested to make a final report to Parliament on the above terms of reference by 30 September 1997.
Dated: 28 June 1996

Responsible Minister: LOUISE ASHER, MP Minister for Small Business

Victorian Government Gazette, G 25 , 27 June 1996, p. 1632
Amended Victoria Government Gazette, G13, 3 April 1997, p. 770.

Reports and Government Response

The final report, which was tabled in Parliament in October 1997, is available for download as a .pdf file (1.13Mb).

The discussion paper, which was issued in May 1997, is available for download as a .pdf file (417Kb).

The government response to this report is available for download as a .pdf file (102Kb).

Mr Victor Perton MP, former chair of the Law Reform Committee, presented a paper titled "Regulatory efficiency - the next wave" at the Fourth Commonwealth Conference on Delegated Legislation, held in February 1997 in Wellington, New Zealand. The paper is available for download (.pdf 107Kb).