Decision-making flowchart
Regulatory decision-making and support/challenge for policy makers
Notes:
1 When new policy issues arise, thorough consideration needs to be given to all alternatives to regulation before regulatory proposals are put forward by departments. Policy makers should draw on the support offered by the BRE early in their policy development process.
2 Impact Assessments (IAs) must be submitted to the Regulatory Policy Committee for scrutiny before regulatory proposals are submitted to the Reducing Regulation Committee and relevant policy committee for clearance.
The following pages provide further detail on the decision-making process.
3 Proposals for legislation that imposes a regulatory burden on businesses or civil society organisations and which will come into force on or after April 2011 are now required to include sunset clauses.
