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Better regulation
Better regulation
23 Jun 2011
The Better Regulation Executive (BRE) is part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and leads the regulatory reform agenda across government.
Better Regulation Executive
7 Apr 2011
The UK Government has set out an ambitious programme to change the way we regulate. We are cutting out of date and unnecessary red tape to deliver greater accountability, better focused, better targeted and more effective protections. The Better Regulation Executive (BRE) plays a lead role in driving through a programme of activities to simplify regulation.
Better Regulation Policy
2 Sep 2010
How the Government tries to achieve the aims of the better regulation agenda, to eliminate obsolete and inefficient regulation, create user-friendly new guidelines and tackle inconsistencies in the regulatory system.
Code of Practice on Guidance on Regulation
9 Feb 2011
A break down on the Code of Practice on Guidance on Regulation, which sets out eight golden rules that Government should follow, when publishing guidance for businesses and third sector organisations on how to comply with the law.
Consultation guidance
9 Feb 2011
The Government has a Code of Practice on Consultation. This Code sets out what people can expect from the Government when it runs formal, written consultation exercises on matters of policy or policy implementation.
Improving Regulatory Delivery – putting business into the way we regulate
9 Feb 2011
Business is regulated and enforced by many different organisations. The Better Regulation Executive (BRE) works with regulators, departments, Non Departmental Public Bodies and Local Authorities to simplify their approach, understand the business perspective and improve the perception of enforcement and regulation.
Simplifying existing regulations
10 Feb 2011
The Government’s commitment to simplifying existing regulations in the UK and reducing the administrative burden they place upon businesses.
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