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regulatory reform

Regulatory reform concerns improvements to the quality of government regulation.

At the international level, the "OECD Regulatory Reform Programme is aimed at helping governments improve regulatory quality - that is, reforming regulations that raise unnecessary obstacles to competition, innovation and growth, while ensuring that regulations efficiently serve important social objectives".OECD, [http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,2686,en_2649_37421_1_1_1_1_37421,00.html OECD Regulatory Reform Programme]

Examples

=Indonesia=

The OECD produced a report in September 2012 reviewing Indonesia's regulatory reform programme, focusing on Indonesia's administrative and institutional arrangements for ensuring that regulations are effective and efficient.[http://www.oecd.org/gov/regulatory-policy/indonesia.htm Reviews of Regulatory Reform: Indonesia - Strengthening Co-ordination and Connecting Markets], launched 27 September 2012

=Luxembourg=

Luxembourg's government established a committee, the Comité National pour la Simplification Administrative en faveur des Entreprises (CNSAE), to improve business regulation by the various government departments, aiming also to improve public perception of the government's administrative simplification programme.Government of Luxembourg, [https://gouvernement.lu/fr/actualites/toutes_actualites/articles/2009/04-avril/29-cnsae.html Simplification administrative: Présentation d'une brochure d'information et du nouveau logo graphique du CNSAE], published on 28 April 2009, accessed on 2 September 2024 The European Commission has noted the committee's work on streamlining business consultation processes for the benefit of small and medium-sized enterprises.European Commission Expert Group, [https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/growth/items/42961/ Report of the Expert Group: Think Small First – Considering SME interests in policy-making - Executive Summary], published on 31 March 2009, accessed on 2 September 2024

=United Kingdom=

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 aimed in part to "make provision for the reduction of legislative burdens".[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/24/pdfs/ukpga_20130024_en.pdf Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013] Part 5, "Reduction of legislative burdens", made provision for "sunset and review provisions" in secondary legislation, i.e.

  • a power to review the effectiveness of the legislation within a specified period or at the end of a specified period
  • provision for the legislation to cease to have effect at the end of a specified day or a specified period
  • a power to consider whether the objectives which it was the purpose of the legislation to achieve remain appropriate and, if so, whether they could be achieved in another way.Section 14A of the Interpretation Act 1978, inserted by section 59 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013

The Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 sought to improve the regulation of businesses requiring certain environmental permits within Scotland whilst strengthening existing environmental protection.

=United States=

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Category:Administrative law

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