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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 10 Hansard (25 September) . . Page.. 3338 ..

MR KAINE (Minister for Urban Services and Minister for Regulatory Reform) (4.47): Madam Deputy Speaker, for the information of members, I present the 1997-1998 agency regulatory plans. I move:

That the Assembly takes note of the paper.

Madam Deputy Speaker, in my May ministerial statement on regulatory reform in the ACT, I announced that I would table agency regulatory plans for 1997-98 by 30 September this year. The requirement that agencies prepare regulatory plans was part of a suite of measures, recommended by the Red Tape Task Force and agreed to by the Government, that were designed to bring about a culture of regulatory reform in the ACT Public Service. The development of regulatory plans will require agencies to take a long, hard look at the regulatory proposals they intend to develop over the coming year. The development of the plans and the requirement that agencies undertake regulatory needs analyses and business impact assessments will result in fewer but better regulations. In turn, less regulation and less red tape will improve the productivity of business in the ACT.

The plans that I am tabling today describe a range of proposals to be considered during this financial year, and summarise areas of regulatory reform. The benefits of regulatory plans include improved coordination and integration of regulatory policy, better consultation with the community and business on regulatory initiatives, and the development of best practice in regulatory reform. In addition, by including proposed discussion papers and consultations on regulatory issues, the plans make the regulatory process more transparent. Madam Deputy Speaker, I am now pleased to table the first annual regulatory plans for ACT government agencies - yet another indication of the positive approach that this Government has taken to implementing the recommendations of the Red Tape Task Force.

Debate (on motion by Mr Corbell) adjourned.

MR KAINE (Minister for Urban Services) (4.49): For the information of members, I present the Government's response to Report No. 33 of the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment concerning Ginninderra Drive and Mouat Street, Lyneham, which was presented to the Assembly on 2 September 1997. I move:

That the Assembly takes note of the paper.

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