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This document has been written by the RPC, in consultation with stakeholders, to help departments and regulators undertake proportionate analysis.
This page provides RPC guidance on how to produce a robust and evidence-based SaMBA.
Guidance to government departments on the RPC's scrutiny process.
This note sets out the factors that the RPC will look for in impact assessments where the precautionary principle is cited as a key rationale for intervention.
The Regulatory Policy Committee provides the government with external, independent scrutiny of the evidence supporting changes in law that affect businesses, charities and community groups.
This guidance document summarises how the RPC undertakes its casework function.
This is the RPC's case histories section on counterfactuals, September 2020.
This is the RPC's case histories section on other business impact target (BIT) methodology issues.
This document contains the Regulatory Policy Committee's engagement offer to departments and information on what should be submitted to the RPC.
This is the RPC's case histories section on the assessment of permissive measures, February 2020.
This is a short RPC guidance note on implementation costs (e.g. familiarisation costs).
Guidance on the high level recommendations the RPC use when scrutinising impact assessments
Information that representatives should send to the RPC if, following discussion with the regulator, they are unable to reach broad agreement and want the RPC to review the regulator's assessment
How the RPC considers dispute cases if, following discussion with the regulator, business or civil society representatives are unable to reach broad agreement and want the RPC to review the regulator's assessment
Nature of the evidence that business representatives may wish to consider submitting to the RPC if, following discussion with the regulator, they are unable to reach broad agreement and want the RPC to review the regulator…
This is the RPC's updated case histories section on the assessment and scoring of primary legislation measures, version updated August 2019.
This is the RPC's case histories section on direct and indirect impacts.
This is a RPC short guidance note on issues around defining a ‘business’.
This is the RPC's case histories section on the Small and Micro Business Assessment (SaMBA), updated August 2019.
This is the RPC's case histories section on post-implementation reviews (PIRs).
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