Select Committee on Regulatory Reform Second Special Report

ANNEX A: ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS FOR RROs

There are 31 new proposals, where implementation by RRO is either a commitment or an alternative, as follows:

	RRAP Item	Title	Dept
1.	1.1	Alcohol licensing: HM The Queen's Golden Jubilee	DCMS
2.	1.15	Offshore windfarms: easing the consents procedure	DTI / DEFRA
3.	1.42	Agriculture: sugar beet research programme	DEFRA
4.	1.47	Building regulations—self-certification by competent enterprises	DTLR
5.	1.56	Credit Unions—removal/reduction of certain operational restrictions	HMT
6.	1.100	Legal instruments (formalities)	LCD
7.	1.123	Radio Spectrum Trading	DTI
8.	1.147	Taxi/private hire vehicle regulation	DTLR
9.	1.153	Vehicles: car checking companies—providing information	DTLR
10.	1.154	Vehicles: cherished number transfers	DTLR
11.	1.164	Welsh Sunday opening polls	DCMS
12.	1.165	Wildlife: dangerous wild animals	DEFRA
13.	2.1	Cancer cures: advertisements	DoH
14.	2.7	Public health: a new national agency for infection control and health protection	DoH
15.	2.8	Public statues	DCMS
16.	2.9	Schools: free school meals	DWP
17.	2.14	Consumers Committee for GB and Committee of investigation for GB	DEFRA
18.	2.19	English Heritage: overseas trading functions and underwater archaeology	DCMS
19.	2.28	Housing standards: repeal of "minded to" notices	DTLR
20.	2.35	Local authorities: annual reports to tenants	DTLR
21.	2.38	Museums and galleries: a series of reforms to remove regulatory burdens	DCMS
22.	2.41	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	DEFRA
23.	3.1	Civil justice reforms	LCD
24.	3.3	Damages: periodical payments	LCD
25.	3.4	Driving: removal of the requirement to surrender a driving licence when changing personal details	DTLR
26.	3.8	Administration orders for personal insolvency	LCD
27.	3.13	Driving: acceptance of EC/EEA driving licences originating in a designated country	DTLR
28.	3.14	Driving: acceptance of non-designated driving licences originating in a designated country	DTLR
29.	3.15	Driving disqualifications and penalties—mutual recognition between GB and NI	DTLR
30.	3.21	Health: compensation for work-related dust-based illnesses	DTLR/HSE
31.	3.26	Maritime employment disputes	DTLR

 

The 32 RRO proposals from the original list of 51 that have been carried forward into the Regulatory Reform Action Plan are as follows

	RRAP Item	Title	Dept
1.	1.6	Business tenancies legislation—procedural reforms	DTLR
2.	1.7	Charities: reducing the burdens	HO
3.	1.9	Corporate dentistry	DoH
4.	1.10	Fire safety legislation reform	DTLR
5.	1.12	Gaming machines regulation	DCMS
6.	1.16	Patents law improvements	DTI
7.	1.20	Weight and measures: simplification	DTI
8.	1.48	Building regulations: Approved Documents	DTLR
9.	1.49	Charities: removal of the dual accounting burden on NHS charities	DoH
10.	1.54	Copyright law clarification	DTI
11.	1.58	Directory publications	DTI
12.	1.69	Environment Agency: legislative review	DEFRA
13.	1.87	Health and safety—HSE access to agricultural data	DTLR
14.	1.94	Housing: Private sector housing renewal	DTLR
15.	1.102	Local Authorities Business leaseholds	DTLR
16.	1.107	Medicines licensing	DoH
17.	1.114	Partnerships: abolition of the 20 partner limit	DTI
18.	1.125	Road traffic regulation review	DTLR
19.	1.130	Solicitor's professional regulation	LCD
20.	1.149	Third Parties—rights against insurers	DTI
21.	1.149	Trading Stamps: repealing the Trading Stamps Act	DTI
22.	1.157	Vehicles: mandatory mileage recording	DTLR
23.	2.23	Home Grown Cereals Authority	DEFRA
24.	2.30	Local authorities consent regimes	DTLR
25.	2.48	School funding: simplifying arrangements for premises work at voluntary aided schools	DfES
26.	3.2	Civil Registration Service: modernisation	HMT/ONS
27.	3.6	People with disabilities: vaccine damage	DWP
28.	3.17	E-business: electronic links to Benefits Agency	DTLR
29.	3.18	E-business: electronic links to UK Passport Service (UKPS)	DTLR
30.	3.34	People with disabilities: Invalid Care Allowance	DWP
31.	3.36	Sexual offences: access to victim material	HO
32.	3.38	Tree Preservation Order system	DTLR

 

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Prepared 24 July 2002