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(1) As at 30 June 2011, the Health Directorate has prepared one regulatory impact statement for the period specified.
(2) The subject of the completed RIS concerned regulating smoking in a certain place, namely in a car that is carrying children.
(3) Regard is had to Treasury’s guidelines and chapter 5 of the Legislation Act 2001 as to whether a matter requires a RIS. It is considered the guideline and the legislation have been applied appropriately.
(4) Refer to response to Question 3.
Government—regulatory impact statements
(Question No 1652)
Mr Smyth asked the Minister for Industrial Relations, upon notice, on 30 June 2011:
(1) How many Regulatory Impact Statements (RIS) have been prepared in the Minister’s portfolio since October 2008.
(2) What was the subject of each completed RIS.
(3) How many matters should have, but did not have, an RIS prepared.
(4) What was the subject of each matter for which an RIS should have been prepared but was not.
Ms Gallagher: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) Eight (8) Regulatory Impact Statements (RIS) have been prepared in the Minister’s portfolio for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 financial years. I am not prepared to authorise the use of very considerable resources that would be involved in determining information prior to the 2009-10 financial year.
(2) Regulatory Impact Statements have been prepared on the following subjects:
(a) options for the establishment of a security of payments scheme to facilitate timely payment between parties to a construction contract and provide for the rapid resolution of any payment disputes;
(b) options to improve management of the sale and use of fireworks in the ACT;
(c) the costs and benefits of proposed work safety regulations dealing with work safety representatives, work safety committees and authorised representatives;
(d) the impact of the proposed changes to the Workers Compensation Act 1951 (the Act) to give the Default Insurance Fund Manager the power to settle a claim without employer consent;
(e) the costs and benefits of proposed changes to the operation and funding of the private sector workers’ compensation Default Insurance Fund;
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