The Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions’ Earth Resources branch has completed the recommendations from a 2017 report from the Commissioner for Better Regulation.
In its Program Delivery Update and Closure Report 2018–2020, Earth Resources said that in January 2018 it commenced a program of reforms aimed at improving regulatory practice within Earth Resources Regulation.
“The reforms program addresses actions and recommendations from the Commissioner for Better Regulation’s 2017 report Getting the Groundwork Right: Better regulation of mines and quarries,” Earth Resources said.
“These recommendations were designed to improve regulatory performance with a focus on the regulatory approval processes for mines and quarries,” it said.
“As this program reaches its formal conclusion, it has given rise to a subsequent phase of important regulatory improvements which will be ongoing in the Resources branch of the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions.”
Earth Resources said regulatory improvements would include continued engagement with the earth resources industry through workshops and forums, and further development of new and existing guidelines.
It said there was also ongoing refinement of processes and procedures through regulatory practice initiatives, the development of a new regulatory management system and cooperation with co-regulators.
“The main body of this closure report addresses the program of work arising from the Commissioner for Better Regulation’s review of the Earth Resources Regulation approval processes,” it said.
Earth Resources’ 23-page Program Delivery Update and Closure Report 2018–2020 can be accessed at this PS News link.
