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...

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...

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...

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...