Regulatory reform concerns improvements to the quality of government regulation.
At the international level, the "OECD Regulatory Reform Programme is aimed at helping governments improve regulatory quality - that is, reforming regulations that raise unnecessary obstacles to competition, innovation and growth, while ensuring that regulations efficiently serve important social objectives".[1]
Examples[edit]
Indonesia[edit]
The OECD produced a report in September 2012 reviewing Indonesia's regulatory reform programme, focusing on Indonesia's administrative and institutional arrangements for ensuring that regulations are effective and efficient.[2]
United Kingdom[edit]
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 aimed in part to "make provision for the reduction of legislative burdens".[3] Part 5, "Reduction of legislative burdens", made provision for "sunset and review provisions" in secondary legislation, i.e.
- a power to review the effectiveness of the legislation within a specified period or at the end of a specified period
- provision for the legislation to cease to have effect at the end of a specified day or a specified period
- a power to consider whether the objectives which it was the purpose of the legislation to achieve remain appropriate and, if so, whether they could be achieved in another way.[4]
The Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 sought to improve the regulation of businesses requiring certain environmental permits within Scotland whilst strengthening existing environmental protection.
United States[edit]
- Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review, amended by Executive Order 13422 of January 18, 2007
- The Office of Regulatory Affairs was established in 1980
- Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980
- H.R. 5 (bill), the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017.[5] Some policy advocates argue that this bill should "more aptly ... be named the 'Filthy Food Act'".[6]
References[edit]
- ^ OECD, OECD Regulatory Reform Programme
- ^ Reviews of Regulatory Reform: Indonesia - Strengthening Co-ordination and Connecting Markets, launched 27 September 2012
- ^ Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
- ^ Section 14A of the Interpretation Act 1978, inserted by section 59 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
- ^ H.R.5 - Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017, accessed 25 April 2017
- ^ Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Open letter to Campbell Soup Company, Cargill, Coca-Cola, CVS Health, Domino's Pizza, General Mills, PepsiCo, Target, Walgreens, Walmart and Yum! Brands, 11 April 2017, accessed 25 April 2017
