The Australian Government's ComLaw site publishes the "Attorney-General's (Spent and Redundant Instruments) Repeal Regulation 2013" which includes lists totalling 1000 regulations and other instruments repealed, in what observers call a "red tape blitz." Regulations repealed include the National Handgun Buyback Regulations 2003, which governed the purchase of outlawed weapons and other obscure instruments including marriage regulations that referred to unmarried men and women as ‘spinsters’ and ‘bachelors’. The oldest of the repealed laws was made in 1967. According to Attorney-General, the program aims to delete more than 12,000 this year. Minister for Finance and Deregulation, P. Wong indicated that the repeals followed amendments made by the Legislative Instruments Amendment (Sunsetting Measures) Act 2012, with the repeal instrument registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments now taking full effect. "The latest repeals were in addition to reforms through the COAG Seamless National Economy agenda, which the Productivity Commission had estimated would save businesses billions of dollars each year when fully implemented." For background see previous Sept 2012 post, and for comments, Public Service News article.
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