Attorney-General’s Portfolio Annual Deregulation Report 2014
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Attorney-General’s Portfolio Annual Deregulation Report 2014
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Foreword
Upon our election in late 2013, the Coalition Government
made a commitment to cut red tape and lift productivity
and growth across our economy. Just over a year later, we
have delivered by announcing reforms that reduce an
estimated $2.3 billion of annual regulatory burdens – more
than double our $1 billion annual target, and a clear
reversal of the trend to impose ever-increasing reams of
regulation.
While recognising that well-designed laws are important to
helping build a secure and prosperous society, it is clear that
we have made genuine strides in cutting unnecessary and
ineffective red tape. This year, my portfolio has announced
reforms that result in nearly $100m of annual deregulatory
savings.
Some reforms make a difference to a large number of people. For example, the Government has
expanded access to the national Document Verification Service, which makes it easier and cheaper
for businesses to verify information on government-issued identity documents. For marrying
couples, the Government now accepts a wider range of documentation to verify dates and places of
birth.
Other reforms are sensible changes that will make a real difference to specific sectors. We have
introduced arrangements for the classification of films that are quicker and less costly: now a 2D film
that has already been classified will not normally need to be classified again when it is released in
3D. We’ve taken steps to reduce the scope of goods that need to be registered on the Personal
Property Securities Register, which will free small hire businesses from having to fill in millions of
forms each year.
Lastly, my portfolio has played a key role in helping to make the law itself easier and more efficient
to find and understand. In conjunction with the two biannual Repeal Days, my portfolio helped
repeal over 10,000 spent and redundant legislative instruments – the largest ever single bulk repeal
in the history of the Commonwealth – and nearly 1,800 Acts. We will continue this process of
streamlining and clarifying the statute book across future Repeal Days.
The information in this report reflects the high priority our Government places on cutting red tape
and ensuring any new regulation is necessary, effective and efficient. We look forward to
contributing towards the removal of another $1 billion in regulatory burden in 2015.
Senator the Hon George Brandis QC
Attorney-General
March 2015
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Table of contents
Foreword ............................................................................................................................................ 3
Table of contents ................................................................................................................................ 4
Portfolio highlights ............................................................................................................................. 5
Summary of key regulatory savings and costs.................................................................................... 6
Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) compliance ................................................................................. 6
Portfolio activity supporting red tape reduction ................................................................................ 7
Deregulation Unit............................................................................................................................ 7
Stakeholder consultation ................................................................................................................ 7
Letters of expectation to regulators ............................................................................................. 10
Regulator Performance Framework ............................................................................................. 10
Stocktake of portfolio regulation ..................................................................................................... 11
Stage one: Counting and assessing regulation ............................................................................. 11
Stage two: Quantifying the portfolio’s compliance burden ......................................................... 11
Appendix A: Key measures announced in 2014 ............................................................................... 13
Key deregulatory measures .......................................................................................................... 13
Key regulatory measures .............................................................................................................. 16
Appendix B: Legislation administered .............................................................................................. 17
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Portfolio highlights
In the period from September 2013 to 31 December 2014, the Government announced 35
deregulatory measures in the Attorney-General’s portfolio, which deliver nearly $100m in annual
deregulatory savings. These measures reduce regulatory burdens in areas including: verifying
identity documents, completing customer checks for managed investments schemes, registering
personal property securities, remitting international money transfers, producing documentation for
marriage, and classifying films, publications and computer games.
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The portfolio also participated in the two Repeal Days held in 2014, including through
coordinating important whole-of-government processes to make the statute book more
accurate and more efficient to use. In 2014, the portfolio coordinated the repeal of over 10,000
legislative instruments and nearly 1,800 laws.
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The Government announced six portfolio regulatory measures in the period from
September 2013 to 31 December 2014. These important and necessary measures include a
national security reform that strengthens data retention obligations for telecommunications
service providers, and a counter-terrorism financing reform that strengthens customer identity
verification obligations for financial institutions. In total, the portfolio measures over this period
have a net regulatory impact of $16m.
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The portfolio also delivered key aspects of the deregulation agenda, including:
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establishing a Deregulation Unit, which works closely with the Office of Deregulation in
the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to oversee portfolio implementation
of the Government’s Deregulation Agenda
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completing a portfolio stocktake of regulation, which identified 89 regulatory
frameworks estimated to impose a total regulatory impact of approximately $249m. This
has resulted in a better understanding of where regulatory burdens are currently
imposed and will facilitate better targeting of future red tape reduction efforts
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engaging with stakeholders across a variety of policy areas to identify opportunities to
reduce red tape
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modifying performance agreements of all Senior Executive Service public servants in the
Department to include a criterion relevant to advancing the deregulation agenda and
achieving quantified reductions in regulatory burden, and
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clarifying with regulators across the portfolio the Government’s expectations that they
will adopt consistent, risk-based approaches to administering regulation.
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Summary of key regulatory savings and costs
Table 1: Summary of key deregulatory savings reported or announced between September 2013
and 31 December 2014. Details on individual measures are outlined in Appendix A.
Key deregulatory measures
Reported ($ million)
Expanding private sector access to the Document Verification Service (DVS)
31.3
Removing duplicate customer checks for users of managed investment
schemes
Streamlining the Personal Property Securities Act 2009
26.0
Reducing processing requirements on international money transfers
6.21
11.2
Expanding verifying documents accepted under the Marriage Act 1961
3.3
Streamlining the film, publication and computer game classification system
2.1
1.
The regulatory impacts of this measure were recalculated after its original reporting, and accordingly its deregulatory savings are
different to that which were reported through the 2014 Spring Repeal Day overview.
Table 2: Summary of key regulatory costs reported or announced between September 2013 and
31 December 2014.
Key regulatory measures
Strengthening data retention obligations
Increasing customer due diligence requirements
2.
Reported ($ million)
73.82
39.6
The Attorney-General’s Department engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to consult with industry to determine the upfront
capital costs of the data retention scheme. PwC found that the upfront capital costs (not including ongoing costs) are likely to be
between $188.8 million-$319.1 million.
The initial assessment agreed by the Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR) is that this measure will lead to an annual increase of
$73.8 million in compliance costs. Consistent with the regulatory burden measurement framework, this represents the average
annual cost of implementation over the first ten years, and includes both upfront and ongoing capital and operational costs. Under
the legislative framework for data retention, providers will be able to recover from law enforcement and security agencies the
financial cost incurred in providing requested data. Those ongoing costs will be recoverable on a no-profit/no-loss basis.
The final regulatory costs are subject to adjustment pending the Government’s response to the bipartisan recommendations of the
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security in relation to the measure, and the Government’s commitment to
making a reasonable contribution to industry towards the upfront capital costs of implementation.
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Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) compliance
Table 3: Standard form RIS compliance 2014.
RIS Compliance
PM’s Exemptions
PIR Required
5
0
0
Attorney-General’s Department
 Cost recovery for Marriage Celebrants
program
 Amendments to Personal Property
Securities Act 2009
 Ban importation of substances that
mimic the effect of illicit drugs
 Extending the Legal Deposit Regime to
Digital Material
Australian Transaction Reports and
Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)
 Proposed reform to strengthen
customer due diligence
Portfolio activity supporting red tape reduction
Deregulation Unit
The Government has required all portfolios to establish a Deregulation Unit to drive the reduction of
red tape.
Working closely with the Office of Deregulation, the Attorney-General’s Department
Deregulation Unit plays a key role in implementing the deregulation agenda, assisting to calculate
and deliver deregulatory savings, helping ensure compliance with the requirements for Regulation
Impact Statements, and driving cultural change.
The Deregulation Unit was created within existing resources, drawing on staff and expertise from
across the Attorney-General’s Department.
Stakeholder consultation
The portfolio engages with a variety of stakeholder consultation mechanisms to provide advice on
opportunities to reduce red tape. Membership of these bodies comprises a range of industry and
community stakeholders.
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Table 4: Summary of deregulation stakeholder consultation mechanisms.
Stakeholder consultation
mechanism
Family Law Council
The Family Law Council
advises the AttorneyGeneral on a diverse
range of family law
issues.
2014 Meeting Dates:
 19-20 June
 13-14 November
Members
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Professor Helen Rhoades, University of Melbourne
Ms Kylie Beckhouse, Executive Director, Family Law, Legal Aid NSW
Justice Robert Benjamin, Judge, Family Court of Australia
Mr Jeremy Culshaw, Partner, Culshaw Miller Lawyers
Ms Jennie Hannan, Principal Clinician, Family Law Services
Consultant, Anglicare Western Australia
Dr Rae Kaspiew, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Institute of
Family Studies
Judge Kevin Lapthorn, Judge, Federal Circuit Court of Australia
Ms Colleen Wall, Director, Nguin Warrup (Black Drum) Ltd
Observer Agencies
 Australian Institute of Family Studies
 Australian Law Reform Commission
 Department of Human Services - Child Support
 Family Court of Australia
 Family Court of Western Australia
 Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia
 Family & Relationship Services Australia
 Federal Circuit Court of Australia
Board of the Australia
Council
The Australia Council is
the Australian
Government’s arts
funding and advisory
body.
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2014 Meeting Dates:
 26 February
 30 April
 18 June
 26 August
 22 October
 11 December
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Mr Rupert Myer AM (Chair)
Ms Robyn Archer AO (Deputy Chair)
Mr Tony Grybowski, CEO, Australia Council
Mr Waleed Aly, Author and broadcaster
Ms Lee-Ann Buckskin, Manager, Carclew in Adelaide and Co-Chair,
International Aboriginal Visual Arts Festival in South Australia
Mr Adrian Collette AM, Vice-Principal (Engagement), University of
Melbourne
Mr Khoa Do, Film director, producer and screenwriter
Professor Matthew Hindson AM, Composer and Chair of
Composition and Music Technology Unit, Sydney Conservatorium of
Music
Ms Mary-Ellen King, Board member, Perth International Arts Festival
Ms Sophie Mitchell, Trustee of QLD Performing Arts Trust and
Director of Morgans, Silver Chef Ltd, Flagship Investments Ltd
Ms Samantha Mostyn, Board member, Carriageworks, President,
Australia Council for International Development and Deputy Chair,
Diversity Council of Australia
Mr Tim Orton, Chair, Rhodes Trust Australia, Managing Director,
Nous Group and former Chair, Geelong Performing Arts Centre
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Stakeholder consultation
mechanism
Board of Screen
Australia
Screen Australia is the
Australian Government
screen agency providing
support to Australian
film, television,
documentary and digital
media makers.
Members
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Ms Deanne Weird (Deputy Chair)
Ms Rosemary Blight
Mr Al Clark
Mr Ross Entwistle
Ms Claudia Karvan
Mr Richard Keddie
Mr Matthew Liebmann
Ms Joan Peters
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Attorney-General’s Department
Australian Financial Security Authority
Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association
Law Council of Australia
Australian Bankers Association
Customer Owned Banking Association
Australian Taxation Office
Council of Small Business Australia
Financial Counselling Australia
2014 Meeting Dates:
 18 February
 26 March
 1 May
 16 July
 3 September
 22 October
 16 December
Bankruptcy Reform
Consultative Forum
The Bankruptcy Reform
Consultative Forum is a
consultative group on
personal insolvency
reform that provides a
forum for the
Government to engage
directly with key
stakeholders in the
personal insolvency
regime.
2014 Meeting Dates:
 23 April
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Stakeholder consultation
mechanism
Industry Consultation on
National Security
The Industry
Consultation on National
Security is a new CEOlevel consultative body
that provides a forum for
the Australian
Government to engage
directly with Australia’s
business leaders on key
national security issues.
It is chaired by the
Attorney-General.
Members
Attendance at meetings of the Industry Consultation on National
Security includes relevant Australian Government agency heads, and
senior leaders from across business, industry associations and academia.
Industry sectors represented may include banking, finance, energy,
resources, health, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, peak bodies,
property, construction, telecommunications, think tanks and transport.
2014 Meeting Dates:
 9 October
Letters of expectation to regulators
The Government expects all regulators to adopt consistent, risk-based approaches to administering
regulation. To that end, the Government has issued letters of expectation to regulators, setting out
expectations that they be reasonable, flexible, consistent, accessible, and proportionate in their
interactions with the community.
Within this portfolio, letters of expectation were issued to Australian Transaction Reports and
Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, the Australian
Financial Security Authority (AFSA) and the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Government expectations of regulator behaviour were also communicated to a range of areas in the
Department that exercise regulatory functions.
Regulator Performance Framework
From 1 July 2015, Commonwealth regulators that administer, monitor or enforce regulation will be
required to implement a new Regulator Performance Framework.
Developed following extensive consultation with a range of stakeholder, the Framework consists of
six outcomes-based key performance indicators. The Framework requires regulators to annually
assess their performance against these indicators.
The Deregulation Unit is currently working with regulators to which the Framework applies to
prepare for commencement of the Framework.
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Stocktake of portfolio regulation
All portfolios were required to conduct a stocktake of regulation they administered at
3 October 2013, with a view towards producing an estimate of the total regulatory burden imposed
by the existing stock of Commonwealth regulations.
This process was designed and coordinated by the Office of Deregulation.
The stocktake indicated that the portfolio was responsible for regulations that imposed
approximately $249m of regulatory burden.
Stage one: Counting and assessing regulation
As part of stage one of the stocktake of regulation, the Deregulation Unit identified and counted any
regulation – legislative or administrative – that it or its portfolio agencies administered, and that
imposed a regulatory burden on businesses, community organisations or individuals.
The Deregulation Unit identified 124 pieces of primary legislation, 279 subordinate instruments, and
135 quasi-regulations, for a total of 538 pieces of regulations. These were grouped into 92 regulatory
frameworks (of which 3 were assessed, following further analysis, as not imposing any regulatory
burden).
Consistent with the process established by the Office of Deregulation, these frameworks were
assessed as ‘high’, ‘medium’, or ‘low’ burden in accordance with six broad criteria:
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the type of requirements the regulation imposes
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the complexity of the regulation
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the reach of the regulation
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the frequency of interactions with the regulation
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the currency of review
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the scope of reform
The resulting categorisations were tested with a number of stakeholder consultation mechanisms,
including, as relevant, the Family Law Council, the Board of the Australia Council, the Privacy
Advisory Committee, the Bankruptcy Reform Consultative Forum and the Board of Screen Australia.
Stage two: Quantifying the portfolio’s compliance burden
For stage two of the stocktake, the regulatory burden of a random sample of regulatory frameworks
was costed in order to provide an estimate of the total regulatory burden imposed by regulation
administered by the portfolio. This process was consistent with the guidance provided by the
Office of Deregulation.
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Regulatory costings were completed in close consultation with external stakeholders and industry
groups that had relevant experience of the types of burdens and costs imposed by the frameworks
and regulations being costed. These collaborative processes included, for example, consultations
with state governments, community organisations, statutory agencies and industry.
This process indicated that the portfolio was responsible for regulations estimated to impose
approximately $249m of regulatory burden.
Table 5: Summary of results of stocktake of portfolio regulation.
$20,883,819
Medium
Burden
$1,564,457
$306,492
4
9
7
29
11
51
$187,954,371
$45,369,252
$15,631,076
High Burden
Average cost of randomly selected
frameworks and regulations in
sample
Number of frameworks in sample
Total number of frameworks and
regulations
Total cost
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Low Burden
Total
$248,954,699
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Appendix A: Key measures announced in 2014
Key deregulatory measures
Expanding private sector access to the Document Verification Service (DVS)
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On 5 May 2014, the Attorney-General announced the expansion of the DVS to private sector
organisations with legal obligations to verify their customer’s identity.
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The DVS allows approved users to quickly and cost effectively match the information on
government-issued identity credentials (e.g. passports, Medicare cards and driver’s licences)
against the records of the issuing agency. Providing access to this secure verification service
process allows businesses such as banks, and telecommunications companies that have identity
checking obligations under Commonwealth legislation to prevent identity fraud, benefitting both
the business and their customers.
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The Attorney-General’s Department has estimated that this will lead to an annual saving of
$31.3 million in compliance costs.
Removing duplicate customer checks for users of managed investment schemes
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On 25 January 2014, the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Transaction Reports and
Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) made the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing
Rules Amendment Instrument 2014 (No. 2).
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The changes remove the need for both the agent acting on behalf of a customer and the product
issuer of a managed investment scheme to each separately identify and undertake various checks
in relation to the same customer. The amendment saves time and money for the product issuer
and customers using the mFund Settlement Service, which commenced operation on 8 May
2014.
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The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre has estimated that this will lead to an
annual saving of $26 million.
Streamlining the Personal Property Securities Act 2009
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On 26 March 2014, the Attorney-General introduced the Personal Property Securities
Amendment (Deregulatory Measures) Bill 2014. The bill is currently before the House of
Representatives.
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The bill increases the length of time in which a serial numbered good needs to be leased for it to
be automatically subject to the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 and registrable on the
Personal Property Securities Register, from 90 days to a year.
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The OBPR has agreed that this will lead to an annual saving of $11.2 million in compliance costs.
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Reducing processing requirements on international money transfers
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In March 2014, the Privacy Commissioner made the Privacy (International Money Transfers)
Temporary Public Interest Determination 2014 (No. 1), the Privacy (International Money
Transfers) Generalising Determination 2014 (No. 1) and the Privacy (International Money
Transfers) Temporary Public Interest Determination 2014 (No. 2) to provide a year-long
exemption from certain requirements of the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).
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Specifically, the determinations provide a year-long exemption allowing Authorised Deposittaking Institutions (ADIs) and the Reserve Bank of Australia to continue their current practices
when disclosing certain personal information to overseas financial institutions for the purposes of
an international money transfer (IMT). The changes reduce the handling and processing burden
imposed on both ADIs and their customers. The Privacy Commissioner was satisfied that the
public interest in the processing of IMTs by ADIs significantly outweighed the public interest in
adhering to certain requirements in the APPs.
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The Attorney-General’s Department has estimated that this will lead to an annual saving of
$6.2 million in compliance costs.
Expanding verifying documents accepted under the Marriage Act 1961
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On 20 March 2014, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister introduced the Marriage
(Celebrant Registration Charge) Bill 2014 and Marriage Amendment (Celebrant Administration
and Fees) Bill 2014. The bills received Royal Assent on 9 April 2014.
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As part of the changes, an Australian passport can now be used as proof of evidence of date and
place of birth. Increasing the range of documentation that may be used to determine the date
and place of birth of marrying couples will significantly reduce the burden on them of having to
locate their official birth certificates or to complete a statutory declaration declaring that it is
impractical to obtain an official certificate.
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The OBPR has agreed that this will lead to an annual saving of $3.3 million in compliance costs.
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Streamlining the film, publication and computer game classifications system
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On 29 March 2014, the Minister for Justice introduced the Classification (Publications, Films and
Computer Games) Amendment (Classification Tools and Other Measures) Bill 2014. The bill
received Royal Assent on 11 September 2014.
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The Bill streamlined classification processes, introducing faster more cost-effective arrangements.
This included allowing industry the flexibility to make certain modifications to content (e.g. a 2D
version of a film being produced in 3D format) without requiring classification again provided the
classification would stay the same; and allowing the Minister to approve classification tools,
including online questionnaires, to generate Australian classification decisions for content
producers. Cultural institutions and festival organisers will now be able to self-assess certain
content based on eligibility criteria and conditions, rather than being required to apply to the
Director of the Classification Board for an exemption.
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The Attorney-General’s Department has estimated that this will lead to an annual saving of
$2.1 million in compliance costs.
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Key regulatory measures
Strengthening data retention obligations
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On 30 October 2014, the Attorney-General introduced the Telecommunications (Interception and
Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014. The measure will require the telecommunications
industry to retain certain types of data for two years to ensure that limited telecommunications
data remains available to support law enforcement and security investigations into the future.
The Attorney-General’s Department has consulted with industry on how best to implement this
policy.
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The Attorney-General’s Department engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to consult with
industry to determine the upfront capital costs of the data retention scheme. PwC found that the
upfront capital costs (not including ongoing costs) are likely to be between
$188.8 million-$319.1 million.
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The initial assessment agreed by the OBPR is that this measure will lead to an annual increase of
$73.8 million in compliance costs. Consistent with the regulatory burden measurement
framework, this represents the average annual cost of implementation over the first ten years,
and includes both upfront and ongoing capital and operational costs. Under the legislative
framework for data retention, providers will be able to recover from law enforcement and
security agencies the financial cost incurred in providing requested data. Those ongoing costs will
be recoverable on a no-profit/no-loss basis.
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The final regulatory costs are subject to adjustment pending the Government’s response to the
bipartisan recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security in
relation to the measure, and the Government’s commitment to making a reasonable contribution
to industry towards the upfront capital costs of implementation.
Increasing customer due diligence requirements
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On 15 May 2014, AUSTRAC made the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing
Rules Amendment Instrument 2014 (No. 3).
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The change largely clarifies and codifies current expectations on regulated entities (with banks
and other financial institutions being the most affected, given the size and nature of their
customer base) in relation to identifying and verifying customer identity. In order to meet these
additional requirements, regulatory burden will rise as a result of the implementation costs
including systems and process improvement, project management, and consultancy fees as well
as ongoing costs such as training, internal audit, and system maintenance attributable to the
rules.
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The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre has estimated that this will lead to an
annual increase of $39.6 million in compliance costs.
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Appendix B: Legislation administered
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984, section 30
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, sections 54C and 74A
A.C.T. Supreme Court (Transfer) Act 1992
Acts Citation Act 1976
Acts Interpretation Act 1901
Acts Publication Act 1905
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
Admiralty Act 1988
Age Discrimination Act 2004
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
Archives Act 1983
AusCheck Act 2007
Australia Act 1986
Australia (Request and Consent) Act 1985
Australia Council Act 2013
Australia Council (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2013
Australian Crime Commission Act 2002
Australian Crime Commission Establishment Act 2002
Australian Federal Police Act 1979
Australian Film, Television and Radio School Act 1973
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010
Australian National Maritime Museum Act 1990
Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Act 2011
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Collection) Act
2011
Bankruptcy Act 1966
Bankruptcy (Estate Charges) Act 1997
Circuit Layouts Act 1989
Civil Dispute Resolution Act 2011
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995, except to the extent administered
by the Minister for Indigenous Affairs
Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Powers) Act 1980
Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Title) Act 1980
Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980
Coastal Waters (State Title) Act 1980
Common Informers (Parliamentary Disqualifications) Act 1975
Commonwealth Motor Vehicles (Liability) Act 1959
Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970
Competition and Consumer Act 2010, section 170
Copyright Act 1968
Corporations Act 2001, paragraph 1315(1)(c) and section 1316
Court Security Act 2013
Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (Administration) Act 2012
Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Complaints) Act 2012
Crimes Act 1914
Crimes at Sea Act 2000
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Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991
Crimes (Biological Weapons) Act 1976
Crimes (Currency) Act 1981
Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978
Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989
Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons) Act 1976
Crimes (Overseas) Act 1964
Crimes (Ships and Fixed Platforms) Act 1992
Crimes (Superannuation Benefits) Act 1989
Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990
Criminal Code Act 1995
Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Act 2012
Criminology Research Act 1971
Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Act 2012
Death Penalty Abolition Act 1973
Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955
Defence (Visiting Forces) Act 1963
Defence Act 1903, Part IIIAAA insofar as it relates to the powers or functions of the Attorney-General
as an authorising minister
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Domicile Act 1982
Electronic Transactions Act 1999
Environment Protection (Northern Territory Supreme Court) Act 1978
Euthanasia Laws Act 1997
Evidence Act 1995
Evidence and Procedure (New Zealand) Act 1994
Extradition Act 1988
Fair Work Act 2009, Part 4-2 but not section 569
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009, sections 324-328 inclusive of Schedule 1 in respect of
powers under those sections
Family Court of Western Australia (Orders of Registrars) Act 1997
Family Law Act 1975, except to the extent administered by the Minister for Social Services
Federal Circuit Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments) Act 2013
Federal Circuit Court of Australia Legislation Amendment Act 2012
Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999, except to the extent administered by the Minister for
Finance
Federal Proceedings (Costs) Act 1981
Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988
Foreign Evidence Act 1994
Foreign Judgments Act 1991
Foreign Proceedings (Excess of Jurisdiction) Act 1984
Foreign States Immunities Act 1985
Freedom of Information Act 1982
Geneva Conventions Act 1957, other than Part IV
Genocide Convention Act 1949
High Court Justices (Long Leave Payments) Act 1979
High Court of Australia Act 1979
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Transitional Provisions and Consequential
Amendments) Act 1986
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011
Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1994
Intelligence Services Act 2001, insofar as it relates to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
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International Arbitration Act 1974
International Criminal Court Act 2002
International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997
International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995
Judges (Long Leave Payments) Act 1979
Judicial Appointment (Western Samoa) Act 1980
Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Act 2012
Judiciary Act 1903
Judiciary (Diplomatic Representation) Act 1977
Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987
Jury Exemption Act 1965
Law Courts (Sydney) Act 1977
Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006
Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner (Consequential Amendments) Act 2006
Law Enforcement (AFP Professional Standards and Related Matters) Act 2006
Law Officers Act 1964
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
Maintenance Orders (Commonwealth Officers) Act 1966
Marine Insurance Act 1909
Marriage Act 1961, except to the extent administered by the Minister for Social Services
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987
Narcotic Drugs Act 1967, sections 12 and 22 and subsection 24(2), and so much of the remaining
provisions of that Act (other than sections 9, 10, 11, 13, 19 and 23 and subsection 24(1)) as relate
to powers and functions under those sections
National Crime Authority (Status and Rights of Former Chairman) Act 1984
National Firearms Program Implementation Acts
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Act 2008
National Gallery Act 1975
National Handgun Buyback Act 2003
National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004
National Library Act 1960
National Museum of Australia Act 1980
National Portrait Gallery of Australia Act 2012
National Portrait Gallery of Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2012
Native Title Act 1993, except to the extent administered by the Minister for Indigenous Affairs
Nauru (High Court Appeals) Act 1976
Ordinances and Regulations (Notification) Act 1972
Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Act 2010
Parliamentary Papers Act 1908
Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987
Personal Property Securities Act 2009
Privacy Act 1988
Privy Council (Appeals from the High Court) Act 1975
Privy Council (Limitation of Appeals) Act 1968
Proceeds of Crime Act 1987
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Proceeds of Crime (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2002
Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan Act 2013
Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986
Psychotropic Substances Act 1976
Public Lending Right Act 1985
Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971
Racial Discrimination Act 1975
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Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923, insofar as it relates to the release of prisoners and
criminal lunatics removed from the Northern Territory of Australia
Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Act 2009
Royal Commission into the New South Wales Police Service (Access to Information) Act 1994
Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws – Superannuation) Act 2008,
except to the extent administered by the Minister for Finance
Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973
Service and Execution of Process Act 1992
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
Screen Australia Act 2008
Screen Australia and National Film and Sound Archive (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act
2008
Screen Australia (Transfer of Assets) Act 2011
Social Security Act 1991, insofar as it relates to Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment,
Disaster Recovery Allowance and the Australian Victim of Terrorism Overseas Payment
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, insofar as it relates to Australian Government Disaster
Recovery Payment, Disaster Recovery Allowance and the Australian Victim of Terrorism Overseas
Payment
Special Prosecutors Act 1982
Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942
Statute Stocktake Act 1999
Statutory Declarations Act 1959
Surveillance Devices Act 2004
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010
Transfer of Prisoners Act 1983
Trusts (Hague Convention) Act 1991
War Crimes Act 1945
Witness Protection Act 1994
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