Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee
Tenth Report to Parliament on Subordinate
Legislation
Annual Report concerning Statutory Rules Series
1997
Appendix 4 – Rule Statistics
Subordinate Legislation Act 1962
| 1985* | 1986 | 1987 | ||||
| Regulatory impact statement | 1 |
(0.62%) |
23 |
(5.75%) |
62 |
(15.27%) |
| Premier’s Certificate | 10 |
(6.12%) |
31 |
(7.75%) |
27 |
(6.65%) |
| Exempt Court Rules | 11 |
(6.80%) |
26 |
(6.50%) |
22 |
(5.42%) |
| Exempt fee increases | 26 |
(16.05%) |
101 |
(25.25%) |
114 |
(28.08%) |
| Formal inter-governmental agreements | 1 |
(0.62%) |
16 |
(4%) |
7 |
(1.72%) |
| Proclamations (s.133A Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981) | – |
– |
3 |
(0.75%) |
3 |
(0.74%) |
| Other statutory exemptions (s.63A Food Act 1984) | – |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
(0.25%) |
| Rules prescribing salaries and allowances | 31 |
(19.15%) |
78 |
(19.50%) |
44 |
(10.84%) |
| Rules not imposing an appreciable burden | 71 |
(43.84%) |
114 |
(28.50%) |
126 |
(31.03%) |
| Rules which should have had a regulatory impact statement | 11 |
(6.80%) |
8 |
(2.00%) |
– |
– |
| Total | 162 |
(100%) |
400 |
(100%) |
406 |
(100%) |
| Number of rules subject to Report to Parliament in each year | 11 | 13 | 4 | |||
| * | One hundred and sixty-two statutory rules were made in 1985 after 1 July and were therefore subject to the requirements of the Subordinate Legislation (Review and Revocation) Act 1984. |
Subordinate Legislation Act 1962
| 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | ||||
| Regulatory impact statement | 113 |
(21.48%) |
44 |
(10.63%) |
52 |
(11.78%) |
| Premier’s Certificate | 22 |
(4.18%) |
17 |
(4.11%) |
37 |
(8.38%) |
| Exempt Court Rules | 22 |
(4.18%) |
27 |
(6.52%) |
27 |
(6.12%) |
| Exempt fee increases | 131 |
(24.9%) |
131 |
(31.64%) |
113 |
(25.62%) |
| Formal inter-governmental agreements | 1 |
(0.2%) |
5 |
(1.21%) |
– |
|
| Proclamations (s.133A Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981) | – |
– |
2 |
(0.45%) |
||
| Other statutory exemptions (s.63A Food Act 1984) | 1 |
(0.2%) |
1 |
(0.24%) |
2 |
(0.45%) |
| Rules prescribing salaries and allowances | 78 |
(14.82%) |
74 |
(17.87%) |
77 |
(17.45%) |
| Rules not imposing an appreciable burden | 158 |
(30.04%) |
115 |
(27.78%) |
131 |
(29.75%) |
| Rules which should have had a regulatory impact statement | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Total | 526 |
(100%) |
414 |
(100%) |
441 |
(100%) |
| Number of rules subject to Report to Parliament in each year | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | ||||
| Regulatory impact statement | 45 |
(13.27%) |
94 |
(26.71%) |
25 |
(8.99%) |
| Premier’s Certificate | 32 |
(9.44%) |
37 |
(10.51%) |
30 |
(10.79%) |
| Exempt Court Rules | 28 |
(8.26%) |
30 |
(8.53%) |
22 |
(7.91%) |
| Exempt fee increases | 81 |
(23.89%) |
38 |
(10.79%) |
66 |
(23.74%) |
| Formal inter-governmental agreements | – |
– |
1 |
(0.28%) |
– |
– |
| Proclamations (s.133A Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981) | 1 |
(0.3%) |
10 |
(2.84%) |
6 |
(2.16%) |
| Other statutory exemptions (s.63A Food Act 1984) | 3 |
(0.89%) |
– |
– |
1 |
(0.36%) |
| Rules prescribing salaries and allowances | 38 |
(11.21%) |
2 |
(0.57%) |
1 |
(0.36%) |
| Rules not imposing an appreciable burden | 98 |
(28.91%) |
139 |
(39.49%) |
118 |
(42.45%) |
| Rules which should have had a regulatory impact statement | 13 |
(3.83%) |
1 |
(0.28%) |
9 |
(3.24%) |
| Total | 339 |
(100%) |
352 |
(100%) |
278 |
(100%) |
| Number of rules subject to Report to Parliament in each year | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
Subordinate Legislation Act 1994
1995 |
% |
1996 |
% |
1997 |
% |
|
| RIS | 31 |
15.8 |
35 |
21.1 |
36 |
20.1 |
| * s.8(1)(a) | 27 |
13.7 |
20 |
12.0 |
20 |
11.4 |
| s.8(1)(b) | 36 |
18.3 |
25 |
15.1 |
22 |
12.6 |
| s.8(1)(c) | 1 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.6 |
1 |
0.6 |
| s.8(1)(d)(i) | – |
– |
– | |||
| s.8(1)(d)(ii) | – |
– |
– |
|||
| s.8(1)(d)(iii) | 10 |
5.1 |
3 |
1.8 |
20 |
11.4 |
| * s.9(1)(a) | 41 |
20.8 |
49 |
29.5 |
33 |
18.9 |
| s.9(1)(b) | 2 |
1.0 |
– |
– |
||
| * s.9(1)(c) | 40 |
20.3 |
25 |
15.1 |
32 |
18.3 |
| * s.9(1)(d) | 4 |
2.0 |
1 |
0.6 |
3 |
1.7 |
| s.9(1)(e) | 1 |
0.5 |
– |
– |
||
| s.9(3) | 4 |
2.0 |
7 |
4.2 |
8 |
4.6 |
| Total | 197 |
100% |
166 |
100% |
175 |
100% |
| Number of rules subject to Report to Parliament in each year | – | – | – | |||
| * | Many rules were exempted from RIS by certificates referring to two subsections of section 9. One rule in 1996 and one rule in 1997 was excepted and exempted from RIS by a certificate that referred to both sections 8 and 9. |
| ** | Figures have been rounded off to one decimal point. |
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