Regulation Impact Statement Updates

Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Communications and the Arts

On 6 December 2017, the Government introduced the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Foreign Media Ownership, Community Radio and Other Measures) Bill 2017.

Among other measures, the bill once enacted, establishes a Register of Foreign Ownership of Media Assets (Register), to be overseen and administered by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). Foreign persons would be required to...

Banning Online Lottery Betting Services

Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Communications and the Arts

On 28 March 2018 the Government introduced the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Lottery Betting) Bill 2018 to ban online betting on the outcome of a lottery.

Lottery betting services allow customers to bet on the outcome of a lottery draw without the need to purchase a ticket in the official lottery draw. These services match prizes for each tier including the jackpot that the official lottery operator would...

Fire Safety Provisions for New Mid-rise Residential Buildings

Decision Regulation Impact Statement – Australian Building Codes Board

On 22 November 2018, the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) agreed to amend the deemed-to-satisfy (DtS) provisions of the National Construction Code to require fire sprinkler systems in new Class 2 and 3 residential buildings of four or more storeys and less than 25 metres in effective height (generally those buildings four to eight storeys in height).

Existing DtS provisions specify the use of fire...

Gambling Advertising Restrictions

Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Communications and the Arts

On 6 December 2017, the Government introduced the Communications Legislation Amendment (Online Content Services and Other Measures) Bill 2017.

Among other measures, the bill imposes additional restrictions on gambling promotions during live coverage of sporting events provided on broadcast, subscription and online platforms.

The Department of Communications and the Arts prepared a Regulation Impact...

Response to the Vertigan Review of the Regulatory Arrangements for the NBN

Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Communications and the Arts

On 22 June 2017 the Government introduced the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2017 to Parliament.

Amongst other measures, the Bill amends Parts 7 and 8 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 and Part XIC of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to enable new superfast networks to operate on a functionally separated basis with the approval of the Australian Competition...

Australian Business Securitisation Fund

Regulation Impact Statement - Department of the Treasury

On 13 February 2019, the Government introduced the Treasury Laws Amendment (Australian Business Securitisation Fund) Bill 2019 to establish an Australian Business Securitisation Fund (ABSF) to assist the development of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) securitisation market and improve SME lending conditions.

If enacted, the ABSF will facilitate access to securitised funding and related warehouse funding by lenders...

Inclusion of Heating and Cooling Energy Load Limits in Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) Assessments

COAG Decision Regulation Impact Statement – The Australian Building Codes Board

On 18 December 2018, the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) released a Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) examining the impact of proposed amendments to the National Construction Code to implement separate heating and cooling load limits for assessments subject to the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) compliance pathway for Class 1 and Class 2...

Safety Assurance for Automated Driving Systems

unsafe Automated Driving Systems (ADS) being deployed; a lack of consumer confidence in the safety of ADSs delaying their uptake; and ADS entities...

COAG Decision Regulation Impact Statement – National Transport Commission

On 15 November 2018, the Transport Ministers endorsed the Safety Assurance approach for the introduction of automated vehicles in Australia at first supply. A Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) considered that the current regulatory environment could result in:

Franchise relationships between car manufacturers and new car dealers

7th February 2019

Consultation Regulation Impact Statement - Department of Industry, Innovation and Science

On 20 December 2018, the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (the Department) released a Consultation Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) to explore policy responses to new car dealers’ concerns with their franchising relationships with car manufacturers.

The Consultation RIS is seeking comments on options to address issues raised by new car dealers relating to the imbalance of...

Retailer Reliability Obligation