Local Government Compliance and Enforcement
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IPART was asked to undertake a red tape review of local government compliance and enforcement activity. As part of this task the CIE was asked to:
provide estimates of the regulatory burden reduction (including red tape reduction) for NSW business and the community from the implementation of IPART’s recommendations
provide estimates of the budget implications for government from the implementation of IPART’s recommendations, and
assess whether IPART’s recommendations would produce net benefits to NSW.
The major focus of IPART’s recommendations is on systematic changes to governance arrangements and delivery models, such as the relationship between the NSW Government and local councils and approaches to sharing services across councils. Measuring the impacts from such changes is more challenging than for more tangible recommendations. Reflecting this, the CIE’s approach was to:
group recommendations together where they impact on the same problem area
quantify the magnitude of each problem area drawing on discussions with businesses and councils, published studies and data sources, and
quantify the extent to which IPART’s recommendations will reduce the problem.
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