Legislation review

Treasury is responsible for coordinating and ensuring compliance with the National Competition Policy legislation review program. Under Clause 5 of the Competition Principles Agreement, each Government is required to review, and where appropriate reform, all existing legislation (as at June 1996) that included restrictions on competition. The Competition Principles Agreement also requires each Government to:

• examine all new legislation that restricts competition and provide evidence that the proposed new legislation is consistent with the guiding principle as outlined above; and
• systematically review all legislation that restricts competition at least once every 10 years to ensure the legislation remains consistent with the guiding principle.

The Government is committed to a legislation review process based on a rigorous assessment of the costs and benefits of options for reform as outlined in the Queensland Government's public benefit test guidelines (August 1999).

Useful Links

• National Competition Council
• Office of Regulation Review

Last reviewed 3 August 2010