� provision of income and vocational training support for displaced workers – $ 0.3 million over the appraisal period for Jobseeker payments to displaced workers and financial incentive payments to workers and businesses for apprenticeships , and
� implementation of the licensing framework for work with lower silica engineered stone – $ 3.3 million over the appraisal period , covering drafting legislation , licence administration , monitoring and compliance programs and communications costs . Note that an assumption has been made that this licensing framework could utilise the same IT platform as the framework for legacy products and this has not been costed again here .
Government costs are highest under Option 3 , due to the additional costs of implementing and operating 2 concurrent licensing frameworks .
Table 14 Estimated cost of Option 3 – government
Cost Estimated cost – 10-year appraisal period ($ m ) Licensing framework for work with legacy products Drafting of national licensing regulation $ 0.2 Licensing software $ 9.2 Processing of licence applications $ 11.5 Compliance and monitoring / enforcement $ 85.1 Communication costs $ 1.5 Provision of income and vocational training support for displaced workers Jobseeker $ 0.3 Training support costs $ 0.02
Licensing framework for work with lower silica engineered stone
Drafting of national licensing regulation $ 0.2 Licensing software $ 0.0 Processing of licence applications $ 0.2 Compliance and monitoring enforcement $ 1.4 Communications costs $ 1.5 Total $ 111.1
4.6.3 Costs to workers
Total costs of Option 3 to workers are estimated to be $ 1.5 million over the appraisal period , due to lost income and retraining costs for those workers displaced by business closure ( see Table 15 ). Costs to workers under Option 3 are expected to be lower than Option 1 given a smaller number of workers are expected to be displaced under Option 3 .
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Lost income – $ 1.4 million over the appraisal period , covering the difference between average wage in this sector and current jobseeker payments , for an 8-week period .
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