{"id":"F2018L00612","name":"Productivity Commission Regulations 2018","slug":"productivity-commission-regulations-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439629,"registerId":"F2018L00612-fast-fetch-1775955580769","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Productivity Commission Regulations 2018","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nProductivity Commission Regulations 2018\n\nI, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.\n\nDated 10 May 2018\n\nPeter Cosgrove\n\nGovernor‑General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nMichael Sukkar\n\nAssistant Minister to the Treasurer  Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Schedules\n\n5 Definitions\n\n6 Estimated value of consultancy\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nProductivity Commission Regulations 1998\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Productivity Commission Regulations 2018.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 15 May 2018\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Productivity Commission Act 1998.\n\n4  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n5  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Productivity Commission Act 1998.\n\n6  Estimated value of consultancy\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 45(4) of the Act, the prescribed amount is $80,000.\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\n \n\nProductivity Commission Regulations 1998\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow purpose: setting a monetary threshold for consultancy disclosure. The 2018 version is a direct replacement of the 1998 regulations with identical substantive effect (the $80,000 threshold was preserved from the earlier version)."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 6 substantive sections plus a repeal schedule","Only 1 defined term ('Act')","Single operative provision (section 6) containing one number ($80,000)","No cross-references beyond the parent Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward repeal of predecessor instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThese regulations set a single financial threshold for the Productivity Commission. Specifically, they determine that any consultancy (expert advice hired from outside the Commission) valued at **$80,000 or more** must be reported in the Commission's annual report.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- **The Productivity Commission** — an independent government agency that researches and advises on economic, social and environmental policy.\n- **Taxpayers and Parliament** — who get transparency about significant spending on external consultants.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThis $80,000 figure triggers a **disclosure requirement**. If the Commission spends this amount or more on a single consultancy, it must publicly report details of that contract. This ensures accountability for how public money is spent on outside expertise.\n\n**What else it does:**\n\nThe regulations also **repeal (cancel)** the old 1998 regulations, replacing them with this updated version. This is a standard \"sunsetting\" process to keep delegated legislation current."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument removes the entire Productivity Commission Regulations 1998 and narrows the new regulation to a single, explicit prescription: the consultancy estimated value for subsection 45(4) of the Productivity Commission Act 1998 is fixed at $80,000 (Regulation 6 and Schedule 1). The scope therefore shifts from a broader regulatory instrument to a short instrument focused on one monetary threshold and formal repeal of the prior regulations."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive amendment: prescribes the estimated value of a consultancy as $80,000 (Regulation 6).","Complete repeal of the previous instrument (Schedule 1).","Direct cross-reference to the Productivity Commission Act 1998 (Regulation 3) without altering the Act’s operative provisions.","Straightforward commencement mechanics (Regulation 2) and minimal definitions (Regulation 5).","Low administrative discretion—fixed monetary figure reduces interpretative ambiguity."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument repeals the Productivity Commission Regulations 1998 and replaces them with a short regulation that sets the estimated value of a consultancy at $80,000 for the purposes of subsection 45(4) of the Productivity Commission Act 1998. It therefore affects how and when the Commission treats contracts as consultancies under that Act, because the $80,000 figure determines whether the Act’s procurement/reporting rule applies."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/productivity-commission-regulations-2018","history":"/api/acts/productivity-commission-regulations-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/productivity-commission-regulations-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/productivity-commission-regulations-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/productivity-commission-regulations-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/productivity-commission-regulations-2018/documents"}}