Announcement date
11 April 2024
Link to announcement
Updates to the Sunscreen Standard
Problem being addressed
Published Impact Analyses
Official website for Published Impact Analyses for decisions announced by the Australian Government, Ministerial Forums and National Standard Setting Bodies.
Aust Gov
Department of Health and Aged Care
Impact Analysis (IA)
Aust Gov
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Sunsetting Instruments and Guidelines
Announcement date
27 March 2024
Link to announcement
ASIC remakes five ‘sunsetting’ class orders for managed funds
Problem being addressed
ASIC note that under the Legislation Act 2003, the following five Class Orders (the Managed Investment Class Orders) are due to sunset on 1 April 2024.
Aust Gov
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Impact Analysis (IA)
Announcement date
27 March 2024
Link to announcement
New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Bill 2024
Problem being addressed
Australia and Russia are among the only advanced economies without a new vehicle efficiency standard (NVES) so Australians spend more on fuel and have fewer choices of cleaner, cheaper-to-run cars.
The primary problems that Government is trying to solve is how to:
Aust Gov
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Impact Analysis (IA)
Announcement date
27 March 2024
Link to announcement
Net Zero Economy Authority Bill introduced | PM&C (pmc.gov.au)
Aust Gov
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Sunsetting Instruments and Guidelines
Announcement date
18 March 2024
Link to announcement
ASIC issues new legislative instrument for exchange traded funds | ASIC
Problem being addressed
Under the Legislation Act 2003, Class Order [CO 13/721] was due to sunset on 1 April 2024. CO 13/721 provides relief to facilitate exchange traded funds (ETFs) that are quoted on the ASX AQUA Market or Cboe where the ETF is passively managed and tracks an index.
Proposal
Commonwealth-State
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
Impact Analysis (IA)
Announcement date
20 March 2024
Aust Gov
Impact Analysis (IA)
Announcement date
30 November 2023
Link to announcement
Extraterritorial airspace | Civil Aviation Safety Authority (casa.gov.au)
Aust Gov
Department of the Treasury
Post Implementation Review (PIR)
On 11 January 2024, The Department of the Treasury fulfilled its post-implementation review (PIR) requirements with regard to Strengthening regulatory protection for franchise automotive dealerships.
The PIR requirements were triggered when the Prime Minister granted an exemption from the Impact Analysis (IA) (formerly Regulation Impact Analysis) requirements due to urgent and unforeseen events requiring a decision before an adequate regulatory impact assessment could be undertaken. The measures exempted were:
Aust Gov
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Impact Analysis (IA)
Announcement date
7 February 2024
Link to announcement
https://www.acma.gov.au/articles/2024-02/new-protections-telco-customers-experiencing-hardship
Problem being addressed
Aust Gov
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Sunsetting Instruments and Guidelines
Announcement date
16 January 2024
Link to announcement
Federal Register of Legislation - Fisheries Management (Multiple Fishery Closures) Direction 2024
Problem being addressed
The Multiple Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 1 2014 is scheduled to sunset on 30 April 2024. The Direction is designed to prohibit concession holders in the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (WTBF) and Western Skipjack Fishery (WSF) from engaging in fishing activities in waters beyond the Provisional Fisheries Surveillance and Enforcement Line (PFSEL) and the 1997 Perth Treaty Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) boundary. Without the Direction, fishing in these areas of waters is not prohibited.