IPART is currently undertaking a review of local government compliance and enforcement activity in NSW. It has released a Draft Report recommending reforms estimated to reduce red tape to businesses and the community by about $178 million per year. The review will assist the NSW Government to meet its red tape reduction target of $750 million by June 2015.
The Draft Report identifies ways to reform local government enforcement activities to cut red tape by making draft recommendations to: improve access to local roads for heavy vehicles; limit building and construction conditions to what is required under the Building Code of Australia; and develop new State-local government regulatory partnerships.
IPART also makes draft recommendations across a range of other activities, including: increasing shared regulatory services across councils; extending lease periods for footpath restaurants; granting longer term approvals for recurrent community events; streamlining council approvals; enabling mutual recognition of council approvals by other councils; and improving councils’ compliance and enforcement role in building certification, companion animals and swimming pools.
To comment on the Draft Report on local government compliance and enforcement, please lodge a submission by XX September 2013.
Following the consultation period, a Final Report is due to be released in October 2013.
Current Consultation
| CONSULTATION | DATES |
|---|---|
| Calling for submission on Draft Report | Submissions due by XX September 2013 Click here to lodge a submission |