TAXIS — PLATES —
BUYBACK SCHEME
293. Hon AARON STONEHOUSE to the minister representing the
Minister for Transport:
I refer the minister to the
decision regulatory impact statement on the taxi plate buyback scheme, dated
July 2017, recently made available on the Department of Transport's
website.
(1) If, as it
appears, the DRIS was approved by the Department of Finance's
regulatory gatekeeping unit on the basis of an eight per cent surcharge, did
the government refer its eventual 10 per cent levy back to the RGU for an
assessment of its potential impact?
(2) If yes to (1), will the
minister table the subsequent RGU advice; and, if not, why not?
(3) Did either
the minister or the Department of Transport receive advice from the Department
of Finance in June 2017 that stated that any significant changes to the
approved proposal should be referred back to the RGU because these changes
might impact upon the DRIS compliance?
(4) If a 25 per
cent increase in a proposed levy is not considered significant enough for new
advice to be sought, what purpose does the regulatory gatekeeping unit serve
under this government?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me
by the Minister for Transport.
(1)–(4) The
modelling undertaken by the Department of Finance in early 2017 informed, but
does not reflect, the final reforms adopted by the state government in November
2017. Subsequent modelling was considered by government. The regulatory impact
assessments are guidelines for government decision-making.