Regulatory Impact Assessments

The Department of Water undertakes regulatory impact assessments for all regulatory proposals going to Cabinet under guidance from the Regulatory Gatekeeping Unit, within the Department of Treasury and Finance.

The assessment is a two stage process to determine the impact of a proposal on business (including government business), consumers and the economy.

Stage one is the preliminary impact assessment (PIA) – this brief assessment determines whether a full assessment, in the form of a regulatory impact statement, is necessary based on the impacts of the proposal.

Stage two, the regulatory impact statement, is a more in-depth assessment consisting of a consultation regulatory impact statement and finally a decision regulatory impact statement.

Recent preliminary impact assessments (stage one)

• Approval to Print the Water Services Bill - Supplier of last resort
• Approval to Print the Water Services Bill - Abolition of controlled areas
• Approval to Print the Water Services Bill - Administrative streamlining
• Approval to Print the Water Services Bill - Water Service Ombudsman
• Approval to draft the Water Resources Management Bill
• Approval to draft the Water Resources Management Bill - Cost recovery
• Approval to draft the Water Resources Management Bill – Separation of land and water title
• Approval to draft the Water Resources Management Bill – Water access entitlement
• Approval to draft the Water Resources Management Bill - Periodic allocation announcements

Recent regulatory impact statements (stage two)

There are no current regulatory impact statements by the Department of Water.