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

Subordinate Legislation Act 1962

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 %
RIS 31 15.8 35 21.1
* s8(1)(a) 27 13.7 20 12.0
s8(1)(b) 36 18.3 25 15.1
s8(1)(c) 1 0.5 1 0.6
s8(1)(d)(i) -   -  
s8(1)(d)(ii) -   -  
s8(1)(d)(iii) 10 5.1 3 1.8
* s9(1)(a) 41 20.8 49 29.5
s9(1)(b) 2 1.0 -  
* s9(1)(c) 40 20.3 25 15.1
* s9(1)(d) 4 2.0 1 0.6
s9(1)(e) 1 0.5 -  
s9(3) 4 2.0 7 4.2
Total 197 100% 166 100%
Number of rules subject to Report to Parliament in each year - -

* Many rules were exempted from RIS by certificates referring to two or more subsections of section 9. One rule was excepted and exempted by a certificate which referred to both section 8 and section 9.

** Figures have been rounded off to one decimal point.


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