4.7 Qualitative costs ....................................................................................................................... 44 4.8 Qualitative benefits ................................................................................................................... 47 4.9 Breakeven analysis .................................................................................................................. 48
5 Who was consulted and how was their feedback incorporated ?....................................................... 50 5.1 Options ..................................................................................................................................... 50 5.2 Submissions at a glance ........................................................................................................... 50 5.3 Information that informed the impact analysis ........................................................................... 51 5.4 Stakeholder views on options ................................................................................................... 51
6 What is the best option ?................................................................................................................... 56 6.1 Recommendation ..................................................................................................................... 56 6.2 Why are other options not preferred ? ....................................................................................... 56
7 Implementation and Evaluation ........................................................................................................ 58 7.1 Implementation ......................................................................................................................... 58 7.2 Evaluation ................................................................................................................................ 58 Bibliography ........................................................................................................................................... 60 Appendix A : Legislative and regulatory framework for crystalline silica under the model WHS laws ....... 65
What are the duties of PCBUs ?........................................................................................................... 65
Appendix B : Impact Analysis Methodology ............................................................................................. 71 B . 1 Define the Market .......................................................................................................................... 71 B . 2 Industries that work with engineered stone ................................................................................... 72 B . 3 Defining engineered stone PCBUs ................................................................................................ 73 B . 4 Defining other industry PCBUs ...................................................................................................... 75 B . 5 Identifying decisions & monetisable impacts to industry ................................................................ 77 B . 6 Identifying monetisable costs to government ................................................................................. 81 B . 7 Applying decision trees ................................................................................................................. 83 B . 8 Detailed assumptions and calculations for monetised costs .......................................................... 90 B . 9 Breakeven analysis ..................................................................................................................... 104
DECISION REGULATION IMPACT STATEMENT Prohibition on the use of engineered stone Page 3 of 107