Is it the safety regulator’s role to step in and prosecute every breach of the health and safety legislation or are there more efficient and effective alternatives?
Professor Richard Johnstone explains what responsive regulation is, the history, and its theoretical foundations. He discusses how responsive regulation is a flexible solution between the two arguments: one for less regulation and one for more ‘command and control’ regulation.
This presentation uses examples from Ayres and Braithwaite’s widely cited book, Responsive regulation: transcending the deregulation debate first published in 1992.
Who is this presentation for?
This presentation is for people with an interest in the regulation of work health and safety.
About the presenter
Professor Richard Johnstone is the Director of Research Faculty of Law at the Queensland University of Technology and he has been researching work health and safety law and regulation for 30 years. He was also a foundation Director of the National Research Centre for OHS Regulation (NRCOHSR), and has remained a co-director of the centre since 2007.
His books include Work Health and Safety Law and Policy (2012, with Liz Bluff and Alan Clayton), Work Health and Safety Regulation in Australia: The Model Act (2012, with Michael Tooma), Occupational Health and Safety, Courts and Crime (2003), and Regulating Workplace Safety: Systems and Sanctions (1999, with Neil Gunningham).
Supporting information
- Professor Richard Johnstone bio from NRCOHSR
- Professor Richard Johnstone list of publications
- National Research Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Regulation
- Responsive regulation: transcending the deregulation debate on Trove
- National Compliance and Enforcement Policy