Business licences and regulation reform
Bureau of Industry Economics report
This report was released in June 1996.
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- Contents
Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Foreword, Acknowledgements, Contents, Summary
1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose of this report
1.2 Regulatory context
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Outline of this report
2 Explanations for licensing
2.1 Externalities
2.2 Information failures
2.3 Competition and market power
2.4 Paternalism
2.5 Summary
3 When is licensing the best way?
3.1 Net benefits and the characteristics of licensing
3.2 Notification
3.3 Prior approval
3.4 Mandatory nature
3.5 The level of standards
3.6 Summary
4 Removing barriers to entry
4.1 Co-regulation, licensing and entry restrictions
4.2 Other restrictions associated with licensing
4.3 Scope of practice statements and licensed acts
4.4 Summary
5 Standards and codes of practice
5.1 Personal data protection
5.2 Hazardous equipment
5.3 Food premises licensing
5.4 Summary
6 Compulsory contracts
6.1 Economic issues
6.2 Workers’ compensation insurance
6.3 Social security
6.4 Summary
7 Licences and the regulatory context
7.1 Regulatory flexibility
7.2 Voluntary agreements
7.3 Voluntary compliance
7.4 Licence rationalisation
7.5 Summary
8 Implications for Australia
8.1 Restrictions on entry
8.2 Standards and codes of practice
8.3 Compulsory contracts
8.4 Regulatory flexibility
8.5 Summary
Appendix Regulation reform in Australia and overseas
Glossary
References