TOEING THE LINE - COMPLIANCE COST ASSESSMENT IN BRITAIN

This paper sets out the background and operation of the compliance cos t assessment (CCA) procedure currently used in British Government and the objectives of a research project which aims to investigate it. A p roduct of the general drive to deregulate, CCAs are designed to assess the potential impact on business costs of proposed regulations. The a rticle outlines an initial set of questions which relate both to the p hilosophy and intended purpose of the CCA initiative generally and als o to more detailed issues of how the cost assessments themselves are a rrived at.