Regulator Engagement with Small Business: Benchmarking ...

Commissioned study

The Australian Government, with the agreement of Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) Business Regulation and Competition Working Group, has requested that the Productivity Commission undertake a 9-month benchmarking study into regulator engagement with small business.

The purpose of the research study is to identify leading practices in regulator engagement and determine whether there are opportunities for adoption of these practices to reduce the compliance burden on small business, while sustaining good regulatory outcomes. Specifically, the Commission has been asked to:

• provide evidence on the variety of approaches used by regulators to engage with small business
• assess the effectiveness of different approaches and identify leading practices, including in overseas jurisdictions, considering:
  • the balance of facilitative, educative and compliance based approaches, including the use of risk-based compliance and enforcement strategies
  • whether approaches appropriately consider the characteristics of small business
  • the extent to which regulatory engagement approaches vary with the nature and objectives of regulations and with the way the regulatory regime is defined by policy makers
  • how the use of particular engagement approaches might shape regulatory culture.
• identify the levels of assistance and education provided to small businesses and assess whether such assistance could be better targeted to lower compliance costs for small business and improve the administrative efficiency of meeting regulatory objectives.

The Commission has also been directed to determine a definition of what constitutes a small business, since inconsistent criteria are currently adopted across different regulators and jurisdictions.

Contact

Christine Underwood (administrative matters)
Ph: 02 6240 3262

Ineke Redmond (other matters)
Ph: 02 6240 3310

Free call: 1800 020 083
Fax: 02 6240 3311
Email: small.business@pc.gov.au

Further information

Key documents and dates

Further information will be posted here once it comes available.

Register your interest

Be kept informed about the study's progress through email. The Commission will also make concurrent updates to this website.

Source: http://www.pc.gov.au/projects/study/small-business

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