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Cost Recovery Implementation Statement - Australian Government

Australian Government

[Insert portfolio name]

[Insert responsible entity name]

COST RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION STATEMENT

[Insert title of the regulatory activity being cost recovered]

[Insert current budget year]

Cost recovery involves government entities charging individuals or non-government

organisations some or all of the efficient costs of a regulatory activity. This may include goods,

services or regulation, or a combination of them. The Australian Government Charging

Framework, which incorporates the Cost Recovery Guidelines (the CRGs)

, sets out the

framework under which government entities design, implement and review regulatory

charging activities.

Guide:

Government entities must document regulatory charging activities in a cost recovery

implementation statement (CRIS), as required by the CRGs.

This template should assist a government entity when it is preparing a CRIS. The entity should

also refer to the CRGs when doing so.

The entity can choose a different format, but must meet the CRIS content requirements in the

CRGs. Additional information, such as chronological changes in charges, costs or other

elements of the regulatory charging activity can be included as an attachment to the CRIS.

For a new regulatory activity or an existing regulatory activity that has not been cost recovered

before, the CRIS should be finalised, approved and published on the responsible entity’s

website before the charging begins. After that, the CRIS should be amended to reflect any

changes to the cost recovery model and updated regularly with financial and non-financial

performance information.

Updated July 2016

The Australian Government Charging Framework and the CRGs are available on the Department of Finance website

( ).

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Cost Recovery Implementation Statement - Australian Government