ENVIRONMENT PORTFOLIO
DEREGULATION REPORT 2014
Foreword
I am delighted to present this report which outlines the achievements of my Portfolio in the first
year of the Government’s deregulation agenda.
My Portfolio has undertaken significant reforms in 2014, reducing regulatory burden for business,
individuals and community organisations while maintaining and improving environmental standards.
The Australian Government aims to support a healthy environment, a strong economy and a thriving
community now and for the future. Regulation is one of many tools we can use to achieve these
goals, but it should not be our default option.
Where regulation is necessary, it must focus on environmental outcomes rather than prescriptive
processes. It must be simple, streamlined, avoid duplication between levels of government and
encourage innovation and efficiency.
I am working to ensure that environmental regulation reflects these best practice considerations. In
doing so, my Portfolio has reduced regulatory burden for business, individuals and community
organisations by $546 million in 2014 and on an ongoing basis. This makes up 23 percent of the
$2.3 billion in deregulatory savings achieved by the Australian Government in 2014.
Key measures which have reduced the burden of regulation on the community include the One-Stop
Shop for environmental approvals ($426 million a year), the repeal of the carbon tax ($85 million a
year) and the streamlining of approvals for offshore petroleum projects ($120 million a year shared
with the Industry and Science Portfolio).
Other deregulatory measures include streamlining the interactions that business, individuals and
community organisations have with the Clean Land programmes (such as Landcare) and the National
Environmental Science Programme. This has immediately and significantly reduced burden for
participants with no reduction in environmental outcomes.
I have also implemented a range of deregulatory policy measures which are unique to the
Environment Portfolio. The National Review of Environmental Regulation is a key activity which aims
to harmonise and simplify regulations across different levels of government to make things easier
for business, individuals and community organisations.
The efforts highlighted in this report represent a shift towards better practice regulation which
focuses on achieving excellent environmental outcomes for the future in the most efficient way
possible.
The Hon Greg Hunt MP
Minister for the Environment
18 March 2015
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Table of contents
Table of contents............................................................................................................... 2
Portfolio highlights ............................................................................................................. 3
Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 4
The deregulation agenda ................................................................................................................ 4
Summary of key regulatory savings and costs announced in 2014................................... 5
Regulatory Burden Measurement Framework ............................................................................... 5
The audit of regulation....................................................................................................... 7
Regulation Impact Analysis ............................................................................................... 9
Regulation Impact Statements........................................................................................................ 9
Post-implementation Reviews ...................................................................................................... 10
Environment Portfolio policy response to the deregulation agenda ................................. 11
National Review of Environmental Regulation ............................................................................. 11
House of Representatives Inquiry ................................................................................................. 11
Streamlining programme administration ..................................................................................... 12
Identification of cross-portfolio deregulatory opportunities ....................................................... 12
Other measures to support the Government’s red tape objective .................................... 13
Deregulation Unit.......................................................................................................................... 13
Consultation .................................................................................................................................. 14
Engagement with Portfolio regulators.......................................................................................... 14
Appendix A: Summary Table - Measures announced in 2014 ........................................ 15
Appendix B: Legislation administered.............................................................................. 17
Legislation administered by the Minister for the Environment .......................................... 17
Appendix C: Regulatory Burden Measurement Framework Cost Categories................... 19
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Portfolio highlights
Portfolio highlights
The Environment Portfolio has been actively engaged in the Australian Government’s deregulation
agenda. Highlights for the Portfolio in 2014 include:

Contributing a net saving of $546 million a year towards the $2.3 billion Government
achievement in net regulatory burden savings to business, individuals and communities.

Introducing significant deregulatory measures including streamlined approvals of offshore
petroleum projects ($120 million a year shared with Industry and Science Portfolio), repeal of
the carbon tax ($85 million a year) and the One-Stop Shop for environmental approvals
($426 million a year).

Removing over 860 spent or redundant legislative instruments from the Environment Portfolio
and consideration of seven separate measures in parliamentary repeal days.

Initiating a National Review of Environmental Regulation with state and territory governments,
to reduce inefficient and duplicative environmental regulation.

Administrative streamlining of a number of Clean Land programmes (such as the National
Landcare Programme) and the National Environmental Science Programme to reduce the
administrative burden of reporting requirements and the complexity of application and
contracting requirements.

Cataloguing and costing of regulation administered by the Portfolio through an audit of
regulation. The audit identified 315 regulatory instruments, with a total compliance burden to
business, individuals and communities of about $711 million.

Engaging with the Portfolio’s regulators to develop better regulatory practices and contribute to
the development of a whole-of-Government Regulator Performance Framework.
Text Box 1. One-Stop Shop Reforms
The Government has introduced a One-Stop Shop for environmental approvals, saving business,
individuals and community organisations $426 million a year in regulatory burden by eliminating the
requirement for separate state and Commonwealth environmental approvals.
Chart 1. Environment Portfolio’s net reduction in regulation during 2014
$572 m
regulatory
savings
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$26 m
regulatory
costs
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$546 m net
reduction in
regulation
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Introduction
Introduction
The deregulation agenda
The Australian Government is committed to reducing the cost of unnecessary or inefficient
regulation imposed on business, individuals and community organisations by a net $1 billion a year.
The Government uses a deliberately broad definition of regulation: “any rule endorsed by
Government where there is an expectation of compliance”. This includes legislation, regulation and
quasi-regulation.1
Good environmental standards are necessary as these create certainty for business, confidence
within the community and sustain natural resources for future generations. Poorly designed
regulation can place unnecessary burden on the community through duplicative and cumbersome
requirements while failing to meet the desired environmental outcomes.
The deregulation agenda encourages policy makers to find approaches which maintain or improve
environmental standards while imposing minimal cost on the community. This is good for the
environment, business and the community.
The Government has instituted a range of measures to assist Commonwealth portfolios in reducing
red tape. These include:

Annual deregulatory targets and biennial repeal days to facilitate the reform of inefficient or
unnecessary regulation without compromising environmental standards.

Introducing a Regulatory Burden Measurement Framework to calculate the burden imposed on
business, individuals and community organisations in complying with new regulation.

A Commonwealth-wide audit of regulation as well as new requirements to cost and offset new
regulatory measures. This helps identify the Portfolio’s baseline compliance burden and track
changes to the baseline as regulatory costs and savings.

New Regulatory Impact Analysis requirements and the establishment of a Regulator
Performance Framework to ensure that the design and implementation of regulation is targeted
and well considered.

Adopting recognised international standards and risk assessments instead of establishing new
ones, unless there is a good reason to do so.
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Quasi regulation is any rule or requirement that is not established by a parliamentary process, but which can influence
the behaviour of business, individuals and community organisations.
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Summary of key regulatory savings and costs announced in 2014
Summary of key regulatory savings and costs
announced in 2014
Regulatory Burden Measurement Framework
Measuring the cost of new regulatory and deregulatory measures on business, individuals and
community organisations is critical in understanding the reach and impact of regulation. It will help
the Government develop new ways to achieve sound environmental outcomes at least cost to
business and the community.
The Government has developed the Regulatory Burden Measurement Framework to assist portfolios
in identifying the cost of complying with regulation. The Framework assesses different types of costs
that a regulation may impose such as the cost of record keeping and reporting or the cost of
purchasing and maintaining mandatory equipment. The Framework divides theses different costs
into ten categories as described in Appendix C.
The Environment Portfolio used the Regulatory Burden Measurement Framework to quantify all new
regulatory costs and deregulatory savings announced in 2014 as well as measures identified during
the audit of regulation. The Portfolio estimated a net reduction in regulatory burden of $546 million
a year in 2014. This makes up 23 percent of the total savings announced by the Government in 2014.
Chart 2. Environment Portfolio’s contribution to whole-of-government deregulatory savings
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Summary of key regulatory savings and costs announced in 2014
Table 1. Summary of key deregulatory savings announced between 18 September 2013 and 31 December
2014
KEY DEREGULATORY MEASURES
Savings a year
($ millions)
One-Stop Shop for environmental approvals
$426.3
Repeal of the carbon tax
$85.3
One-Stop Shop for offshore petroleum environmental approvals
$120.0**
All other deregulatory measures
$0.8*
$572.4 million
Total
* These measures are outlined in Appendix A.
**50 percent of this saving ($60 million) was apportioned to the Industry and Science Portfolio.
Table 2. Summary of key regulatory costs announced between 18 September 2013 and 31 December 2014
KEY REGULATORY MEASURES
Costs a year
($ millions)
Establishing the Emissions Reduction Fund
$4.7
Green Army Programme
$3.2
Changes to regulation of the disposal of capital dredge spoil in the Great Barrier
Reef Marine Park
$TBA**
All other regulatory measures
$18.1*
$26.0 million
Total
* These measures are outlined in Appendix A.
** This measure is still being developed. The cost will be announced when the measure is finalised.
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The audit of regulation
The audit of regulation
A whole-of-government audit of regulation was undertaken during 2014. The objective was to gain a
greater understanding of how and who the Portfolio regulates and to identify a baseline compliance
burden from which to measure the addition and removal of regulatory burden over time. This
baseline was determined by identifying all the regulations administered by the Portfolio on 3
October 2013 which affect business, individuals or community organisations.
The Portfolio identified 315 regulatory instruments. These consist of primary legislation such as acts,
subordinate instruments such as regulations and quasi regulation such as application forms and
information brochures. The total compliance burden generated by these instruments as at 3
October 2013 was estimated, using the Government’s Regulatory Burden Measurement Framework,
to be $711 million a year.
The results of the audit highlight the breadth and diversity of the Environment Portfolio’s regulatory
responsibilities, which include environmental protection, conservation of biodiversity, air quality,
climate change adaption, carbon emissions reduction, protection of natural, built and cultural
heritage, and administration of external territories such as the Australian Antarctic Territory.
Some regulations affect a relatively large portion of the community, while other regulations only
affect specific businesses. For example:

Nine tourism businesses have permits to allow people to swim with dwarf minke whales and
have a reciprocal obligation to report whale sightings;

131 importers of televisions and computer equipment are obliged to join one of five electronicwaste recycling organisations under the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme;

588 not-for-profit organisations interact with the Register of Environmental Organisations,
which entitles registrants to receive tax deductible donations from Australian taxpayers; and

One million individual public visitors to Commonwealth nature reserves must educate
themselves about park rules.
Text Box 2. Reducing the regulatory burden of climate change policy
The abolition of the Carbon Tax and introduction of the Emissions Reduction Fund has resulted in a
net saving of $85 million a year for Australian businesses and households while continuing to reduce
growth in emissions.
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The audit of regulation
Figure 1. How the Environment Portfolio imposes regulatory burden on the community*
* Some affected entities may interact with several regulations and therefore have been
counted multiple times.
As illustrated in Figure 1, ‘education’ is the most common cost imposed on business, individuals and
community organisations by the Portfolio’s regulations, but the cost per person is relatively low.
Education cost is the time it takes a person to understand a regulation and the obligations it imposes
on them. The cost to business, individuals and community organisations tends to be much higher for
other types of burden such as seeking ‘permission’ – for example, the cost of purchasing computer
systems to manage Renewable Energy Certificates.
Figure 1 also shows that delay costs are relevant to only a small number of the Portfolio’s overall
regulatory instruments, despite this type of cost constituting the majority of the $426 million a year
saving estimated for the One-Stop Shop for environmental approvals. The assessment of this
deregulatory saving was completed using an improved method for calculating ‘delays’ in approval
processes. Further information on this costing is available on the Department of the Environment
website.
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Regulation Impact Analysis
Regulation Impact Analysis
The Office of Best Practice Regulation released the new Australian Government Guide to Regulation
in March 2014. This sets out best practice requirements for all Australian Government agencies
when developing regulatory responses to emerging policy issues. These requirements encourage
policy makers to consider all available options and assist the Government in choosing the most
effective and efficient policy response.
Regulation Impact Statements
The Environment Portfolio has engaged closely with the Office of Best Practice Regulation in 2014
regarding Regulation Impact Statements. A Regulation Impact Statement outlines a policy problem,
contains analysis of a range of potential solutions, and provides a rationale for the implementation
of the preferred policy option. These documents encourage rigour, transparency and innovation and
provide a basis for informed decision making.
The Portfolio has referred 103 proposals to the Office of Best Practice Regulation for consideration
since September 2013 to ensure compliance with the guidelines and adherence to best practice
policy development. More than three quarters of these proposals were considered by the Office of
Best Practice Regulation to be minor in nature and therefore did not require a Regulation Impact
Statement. The other proposals required either a short, standard or long Regulation Impact
Statement, depending on the nature of the problem, the proposed options and the level of analysis
required.
Two Regulation Impact Statements were completed in full last year and have been published online.
These were for the repeal of the carbon tax and changes to synthetic greenhouse gas import
regulations. Both were deemed compliant with best practice standards. Eight short form Regulation
Impact Statements were also completed.
Table 3. At a glance: Regulation Impact Statements and Post-implementation Reviews in 2014
Environment
Portfolio
RISs completed
OBPR RIS
compliance
RISs
underway
Minor
proposals
PIRs
required
PM’s
exemptions
10
100%
13
80
4
0
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Regulation Impact Analysis
Post-implementation Reviews
The Office of Best Practice Regulation requires that a Post-implementation Review be undertaken if
a Regulation Impact Statement was not completed prior to the Government making a decision to
regulate an activity. In most cases this is due to extenuating circumstances such as time constraints.
A Post-implementation Review, which is undertaken two years after a regulation is introduced,
assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of the policy measure based on analysis and consultation.
It can include recommendations on how the regulation can be improved, with the benefit of two
years of experience. This review process helps to ensure that policies remain appropriate and
targeted and continue to adhere to best practice regulatory principles.
The Portfolio was required to undertake four Post-implementation Reviews in 2014, all of which
have been certified as compliant by the Office of Best Practice Regulation or are in the process of
being certified. These will be published online in due course and relate to:

Extension of safety and quality requirements for small-scale renewable energy generation
systems;

Expansion of the renewable energy target;

Rescheduling of annual reductions in the solar credits multiplier; and

Prevention of fishing by certain types of large fishing vessels in the Small Pelagic Fishery while
further research is undertaken.
Text Box 3. One-Stop Shop for offshore petroleum environmental approvals
The Minister for the Environment has accredited the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and
Environmental Management Authority to undertake environmental approvals of offshore petroleum
projects.
This will deliver faster environmental approvals, reduce duplication in environmental regulation,
promote Australian industry and protect employment while maintaining the integrity of
environmental approval processes.
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Environment Portfolio policy response to the deregulation agenda
Environment Portfolio policy response to the deregulation agenda
The Environment Portfolio has developed a range of unique policy responses to the deregulation
agenda to improve the way it regulates. The Portfolio’s major initiatives are outlined below.
National Review of Environmental Regulation
In April 2014, Environment Ministers from the Australian, state and territory governments agreed to
the National Review of Environmental Regulation to identify unworkable, contradictory or
incompatible regulation and seek opportunities to harmonise and simplify regulations across
jurisdictions. The Review is an important next step in environmental regulation reform which builds
on existing cross jurisdictional reform processes underway.
As part of the Review, jurisdictions are examining several thematic areas for potential reform,
encompassing threatened species listing processes, better practice regulation, biodiversity
regulation, chemicals, integrated waste management, product stewardship, heritage listing, and
simplification of environmental aspects of land use planning. These areas offer the opportunity for
significant streamlining of processes and systems. Environment Ministers met again in February
2015 to further progress these discussions.
House of Representatives Inquiry
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment undertook an Inquiry into
streamlining environmental regulation, ‘green tape’, and one stop shops during 2014. The
Department provided a submission to this Inquiry outlining the importance of environmental
protection and noting some of the challenges and principles that influence regulation within the
Portfolio. It also discussed current and future deregulatory actions of the Government and the
Environment Portfolio. The submission (#19) is available online. The Committee tabled its findings
in Parliament on 23 February 2015. The Government is currently developing its response.
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Environment Portfolio policy response to the deregulation agenda
Streamlining programme administration
The Portfolio has undertaken a range of measures to streamline programme administration. For
example, the 20 Million Trees Programme and the 25th Anniversary Landcare Grants have adopted
the use of SmartForms which reduced application requirements by almost half compared to similar
programmes, and the length of guidelines by up to a quarter. Monitoring, evaluation and reporting
for these programmes is now completed online, instead of through burdensome paper-based
processes and allows for better tracking of progress against environmental outcomes over time.
The National Environmental Science Programme has funding agreements with partners that have
been streamlined in comparison with National Environmental Research Program. Funding
agreements are now administered on a 6 year cycle instead of a 4 year cycle, reporting has changed
from biannual to annual and the contract process has been simplified to reduce legal costs for
participants significantly.
Identification of cross-portfolio deregulatory opportunities
The Environment Portfolio has policy responsibility for a range of regulatory frameworks which are
implemented by other portfolios. For example, some water management regulation is administered
by the Treasury and Industry portfolios, while some wildlife trade regulation is administered by the
Agriculture Portfolio. The Environment Portfolio also helps implement the regulation of other
Portfolios such as Infrastructure and Regional Development.
Opportunities may exist to identify overlap between the Environment Portfolio and other agencies,
which may have potential for interagency reforms benefitting businesses, individuals and
community organisations. Such cross-government engagement is critical in reducing duplicated
regulatory requirements and streamlining the interactions that business and the community have
with the Government.
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Other measures to support the Government’s red tape objective
Other measures to support the Government’s red tape objective
The Australian Government is committed to reducing the cost of unnecessary or inefficient
regulation imposed on business, individuals and community organisations by a net $1 billion a year.
In addition to the key policy responses outlined previously, the Environment Portfolio has
implemented a range of other measures to ensure that it contributes significant, robust reforms that
maintain environmental standards while reducing regulatory burden on business, individuals and
community organisations.
Deregulation Unit
The Department’s Deregulation Unit was established in November 2013 to lead the Portfolio’s
engagement on the deregulation agenda. The primary role of the Unit is to facilitate the delivery of
the deregulation agenda. This includes:

Assisting the Government in meeting annual deregulatory targets;

Facilitating best practice regulation to ensure that policy makers and regulators fully consider:
-
who they regulate;
-
how they impact the regulated community; and
-
how they could regulate more efficiently while still achieving the same or better
environmental outcomes;

Supporting the implementation of the Regulator Performance Framework and the adoption of
international standards and risk assessments;

Costing and tracking regulatory and deregulatory measures;

Facilitating Portfolio contributions to repeal days; and

Cataloguing and costing the Portfolio’s regulatory footprint in the audit of regulation.
The Unit has developed a comprehensive forward work programme that sets out potential ongoing
reform opportunities. This comprises opportunities nominated by line areas as inefficient,
duplicative or redundant; items identified by the Deregulation Unit through examination of recent
significant reviews; and current or scheduled reviews which are likely to put forward streamlining
recommendations.
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Other measures to support the Government’s red tape objective
Consultation
The Environment Portfolio is committed to achieving sound environmental outcomes that take into
account the needs and views of businesses, individuals and community organisations. This is
achieved through targeted testing of significant regulatory and deregulatory proposals with experts,
industry and community bodies as well as broad-scale consultation with members of the public.
In addition to consultation on specific measures, further discussion of deregulatory activities such as
the audit of regulation, regulatory impact analysis and the forward work programme of deregulatory
opportunities has been undertaken with four existing Portfolio advisory bodies:

The Australian Heritage Council;

The Threatened Species Scientific Committee;

The Indigenous Advisory Committee; and

The Water Act Review Expert Panel.2
Engagement with Portfolio regulators
The way regulation is administered can have a significant impact on the compliance burden
experienced by the regulated community. For this reason, the Environment Portfolio is engaging
closely with its regulators to ensure that the implementation of environmental regulation is efficient,
effective and targeted, as well as sensitive to the needs of regulated entities.
In particular, the Minister has engaged with regulators about the requirements of the Regulator
Performance Framework. The Framework sets out best practice considerations for regulators to
minimise the burden imposed on business, individuals and community organisations.
The Environment Portfolio has responsibility for the implementation of a wide range of regulation
(see Appendix B). These regulations are administered by a number of organisations within the
Portfolio, including:

The Bureau of Meteorology;

The Clean Energy Regulator;

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority;

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority;

The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust; and

The Department of the Environment.
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The Panel was disbanded in December 2014, after completion of the Water Act Review.
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Appendix A: Summary Table – Measures announced in 2014
Appendix A: Summary Table - Measures announced in 2014
SAVING
Major
(>$50
million
a year)
Significant
(>$50,000
a year)
Minor
(<$50,000
a year)
DEREGULATORY ACTIVITIES
FULLY
IMPLEMENTED?
One-Stop Shop for environmental approvals
No
Accreditation of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and
Environmental Management Authority as a One-Stop Shop for
offshore petroleum environmental approvals
Yes
Repealing the carbon tax
Yes
Streamlining regulation of ozone depleting substances and synthetic
greenhouse gas products
Yes
Streamlining amendments to the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of
Exports and Imports) Act 1989
No
Streamlining reporting arrangements for existing offshore petroleum
projects
No
Reform of regional delivery stream of the National Landcare
Programme
Yes
Amendments to the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative)
Regulations 2011
Yes
Streamlining amendments to the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000
No
Streamlining water assessments for mining projects
Yes
Abolition of the Product Stewardship Advisory Group
No
Abolition of the Oil Stewardship Advisory Council
No
Removal of redundant permit and levy process for sea installations
Yes
Repeal of 866 spent or redundant legislative instruments
No
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Appendix A: Summary Table – Measures announced in 2014
COST
Major
(>$1 million
a year)
Significant
(>$50,000
a year)
Minor
(<$50,000
a year)
REGULATORY ACTIVITIES
FULLY
IMPLEMENTED?
Establishing the Emissions Reduction Fund
Yes
Green Army Programme
Yes
The 25th Anniversary Landcare Grants 2014–15
Yes
Changes to regulation of the disposal of capital dredge spoil in the Great
Barrier Reef Marine Park
No
Reef Trust Programme
Yes
Round Five of the On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency Programme
Yes
Community Heritage and Icons Grants
Yes
Extension of the Private Irrigation Infrastructure Operators Programme in
New South Wales
Yes
Coastal River Recovery Initiatives
Yes
20 Million Trees Programme
Yes
Recovery of Cost relating to the administration of the Environmental
Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999
Yes
Cumberland Conservation Corridor Programme
Yes
Support for the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Reintroduction Project
Yes
Prohibition on unauthorised entry into the territories of Heard Island and
the McDonald Islands
Yes
New management plan for the Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Marine Reserve
Yes
Support for the restoration of the Port Arthur Historic Site’s Penitentiary
Yes
Support for Keep Australia Beautiful and Clean Up Australia
Yes
Amendments to Antarctic Treaty Proclamations
Yes
Amendments to give full effect to the Australian Capital Territory Water
Management Legislation Amendment Act 2013
Yes
Whale and Dolphin Protection Plan
Yes
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment (Bait Netting) Regulation
2014
Yes
Dandenong Ranges Wildlife Recovery, Weed Management and Fuel
Reduction Programme
Yes
Support for the Solar Towns Programme
No
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment (Special Management
Areas) Regulation 2014
No
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Appendix B: Legislation administered
Appendix B: Legislation administered
Legislation administered by the Minister for the Environment3
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984, except to the extent administered
by the Attorney-General
Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation Act 1981
Antarctic Treaty Act 1960
Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980
Australian Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act 1933
Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1954
Australian Heritage Council Act 2003
Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011
Captains Flat (Abatement of Pollution) Agreement Act 1975
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011
Clean Energy Act 2011
Clean Energy (Charges—Customs) Act 2011
Clean Energy (Charges—Excise) Act 2011
Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Auctions) Act 2011
Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Fixed Charge) Act 2011
Clean Energy (Unit Shortfall Charge—General) Act 2011
Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011
Climate Change Authority Act 2011
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Environment Protection (Alligator Rivers Region) Act 1978
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981
Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Environmental Management Charge - Excise) Act 1993
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Environmental Management Charge - General) Act 1993
Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989
Heard Island and McDonald Islands Act 1953
Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976
Lake Eyre Basin Intergovernmental Agreement Act 2001
Meteorology Act 1955
National Environment Protection Council Act 1994
National Environment Protection Measures (Implementation) Act 1998
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007
National Water Commission Act 2004
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997
Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992, section 25(1)
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Act 1995
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995
Product Stewardship Act 2011
Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
3
As at 12 December 2013 when the Australian Government Administrative Arrangements Order was finalised.
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Appendix B: Legislation administered
Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Large-scale Generation Shortfall Charge) Act 2000
Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Small-scale Technology Shortfall Charge) Act 2010
Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923, insofar as it relates to the Territory of Heard Island and
McDonald Islands and the Australian Antarctic Territory
Sea Installations Act 1987
Sea Installations Levy Act 1987
Sewerage Agreements Acts
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001
Tasmania Agreement (Hydro-Electric Power Development) Act 1968
Water Act 2007
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005
Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme (Registration Fees) Act 2013
Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area Conservation Act 1994
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Appendix C: Regulatory Burden Measurement Framework Cost Categories
Appendix C: Regulatory Burden Measurement Framework
Cost Categories
COST CATEGORY
DESCRIPTION
Notification
Costs of having to report to a regulatory authority, such as providing
emissions data
Education
Costs arising from keeping up to date with regulatory requirements, such as
time spent by staff to understand how regulations affect business operations
Record Keeping
Costs to keep documents up to date and any costs arising from having to
keep records to meet compliance requirements
Enforcement
Costs from cooperating with audits, inspections and enforcement activities,
such as time spent by staff to respond to regulator queries
Publication &
documentation
Costs from producing documents to 3rd parties, such as assessment reports
or financial statements
Permission
Costs from applying for and maintaining permission to conduct an activity,
such as permissions to conduct commercial activities in a park
Purchasing
Costs from purchasing a service (advice) or product (materials or equipment)
to comply with the regulation
Procedural
Non-administrative costs imposed by some regulations, such as requirements
for insurance
Delay
Costs from time taken to complete an application that prevents entity from
commencing its intended operations or
Other
Costs from a delay in time taken by regulator to communicate a decision
regarding an application that prevents entity from commencing its intended
operations
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