Inquiry into the Regulatory Impact Statement Process

On 13 November 2012, the Legislative Council agreed to the following motion:

With reference to the Department of Planning and Community Development’s Report, 2011-12, and a commitment to cut red tape in planning, this House requires the Environment and Planning Legislation Committee to inquire into, consider and report on reform of the application of the Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) process and in particular:

   (1) Regulatory Impact Assessment models;
   (2) Business Impact Assessment models;
   (3) possible legislative reform;
   (4) economic modelling and methodology application including:
          (a) discount rates; and
          (b) consultant costs;
   (5) regulatory impacts of the RIS process; and
   (6) the annual cost to government of RIS processes;

and the Committee is required to present its final report no later than 29 November 2013.