Industry Commission
9 March 1990 – 16 April 1998
Independent statutory inquiry body that advised the Government on microeconomic reform, industry assistance and regulation across all sectors of the economy, including through its Office of Regulation Review.
How it came into existence
Established on 9 March 1990 by the Industry Commission Act 1989 (assented to on 17 January 1990), merging the Industries Assistance Commission and the transport and interstate trade functions of the Inter-State Commission and taking in the work of the Business Regulation Review Unit, which continued as its Office of Regulation Review.
- Industry assistance inquiries
- Transport and interstate trade inquiries
Legislation: Industry Commission Act 1989
How it ended
Merged with the Bureau of Industry Economics and the Economic Planning Advisory Commission into the Productivity Commission on 16 April 1998, the three having been administratively combined since 1996.
- Public inquiries into microeconomic reform
- Industry assistance reporting
- Regulation review
Main functions
- Public inquiries into microeconomic reform
- Advice on industry assistance and protection
- Review of business regulation (Office of Regulation Review)
- Annual reporting on industry assistance
- Inquiries into transport and government trading enterprises
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of the Treasury.
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