Regulatory Impact Assessments

Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) is a key tool in delivering better regulation supporting the government's aim of only regulating when necessary and when it is, to do so in a way that is proportionate to the risk being addressed and to deregulate and simplify wherever possible.

The Northern Ireland Better Regulation Strategy requires all departments to undertake an RIA and when doing so should refer to the 'Better Policy Making and Regulatory Impact Assessment : A Guide for Northern Ireland'.

Better Policy Making & Regulatory Impact Assessment A Guide for Nothern Ireland