Well-designed and efficiently administered regulation can play a critical role in delivering improved social and economic outcomes, including lower costs for consumers, safer and healthier communities, and higher living standards.
The Better Regulation Unit in the Department of Treasury works with agencies to ensure high-quality analysis underpins regulatory decision making.
Developing a regulatory proposal
Show moreThe Better Regulation Program guides the development, design and implementation of regulatory proposals in the Western Australian public sector and is the Cabinet-approved replacement for the Regulatory Impact Assessment program.
Regulatory proposals involve new regulatory instruments or amendments to existing regulatory instruments. This includes legislation and regulation, and in some cases, quasi-regulations, such as codes and advisory instruments, submitted to Cabinet.
Essential information on the Better Regulation Program and how it can be used to develop and design regulatory proposals is outlined in the Agency Information Paper.
Further guidance for agencies on important aspects of developing a regulatory proposal are provided in Guidance Notes. The current Guidance Notes provide further information on the following aspects:
- Guidance Note 1: Economically significant impacts
- Guidance Notes 2: Consultation and impact assessment
Agencies should also refer to guidance in the Cabinet Handbook, the Expenditure Review Committee Handbook and Parliamentary Counsels Office’s guidelines and procedures.
Regulatory resources
Show moreA range of completed Regulatory Impact Statements are provided below to assist agencies in developing their own regulatory proposals.
- Consultation Regulatory Impact Statements
- Decision Regulatory Impact Statements
- Post Implementation Reviews
Agencies may also wish to consider completed Regulatory Impact Statements undertaken in other Australian jurisdictions and New Zealand: