Decision ris proposal for national licensing of the property occupations

1.Other licensing areas for consideration

The COAG guidelines state that in providing advice for decision makers, the option that generates the greatest net benefit for the community, taking into account all the impacts, should be presented as the preferred option. These guidelines make the commitment to establish and maintain effective arrangements to maximise the efficiency of new and amended regulation and to avoid unnecessary compliance costs and restrictions on competition. Decisions about whether regulatory action is in the public interest should be informed by an assessment of the effectiveness of the proposed action in meeting the identified objectives.

The preferred model is that selected after balanced consideration of all factors: it focuses on the economic cost and benefit but also takes into account appropriate risks and the impact on existing industry practices, competition impacts, including those on niche markets.

Licensing for the auctioning and sale of livestock is not included in the preferred model as there has been limited evidence to support the inclusion of these categories in the preferred model of national licensing based on an assessment of the potential risks of not licensing these areas of work. However, stakeholder submissions strongly support the maintenance of existing arrangements as auctioning and sale of livestock are regarded as important elements of rural agency work. The following is included to allow for fullness of information for decision makers to make a decision on whether the auctioning and/or sale of livestock should be included in national licensing.

Livestock auctioneer

The introduction of a livestock auctioneer licence category, as shown in table 6.15 would be a slight increase in regulation in some jurisdictions; however it would address the strong stakeholder feedback related to the consumer risks and associated probity concerns. This work is currently licensed in five jurisdictions; the cost of including this category would be minimal and has not been quantified in this RIS. However, it is not determined which jurisdictions would pick up the national licence.

Table 6.15: Proposed livestock auctioneer licence category and proposed regulated work

Proposed regulated work for a livestock auctioneer
Livestock auctioneer	Auctioneering work means the auctioning of livestock, on behalf of another person, for fee, gain or other reward.

The qualification for a livestock auctioneer would be a statement of attainment for a unit of competency from the CPP07 Property Services Training Package, as shown in Table 6.16 below.

Table 6.16: Qualification for a livestock auctioneer

Qualification for a livestock auctioneer
Statement of attainment for the following unit of competency from the training package known as CPP07 Property Services Training Package:
Unit code	Unit title
CPPDSM4039A	Conduct livestock for sale by auction

61.Probity requirements

Personal probity: Criminal history relating to dishonesty; misleading & and deceptive conduct.

Financial probity: Failure to pay a fine under the National Law.

Livestock agency endorsement

The introduction of a livestock agency endorsement, as shown in Table 6.17 would be a slight increase in regulation in three jurisdictions that currently license this work; however it would address the strong stakeholder feedback related to the consumer risks and associated probity concerns. The cost of including this category would be minimal and has not been quantified in this RIS. However, it is not determined which jurisdictions would pick up the national licence.

Table 6.17: Proposed livestock agency endorsement and proposed regulated work

Proposed regulated work for a livestock auctioneer
Livestock agency endorsement	Livestock agency work means selling, purchasing, exchanging, or otherwise dealing with livestock, on behalf of another person, for fee, gain or other reward, other than livestock auctioneering work.

The qualification for a livestock agency endorsement is a statement of attainment for three units of competency, as shown in Table 6.18 below, from the CPP07 Property Services Training Package. As part of the skill requirement there would be prerequisite to hold a real estate agent’s licence.

Table 6.18: Qualification for a livestock agency endorsement

Qualification for a livestock agency endorsement
Statement of attainment for the following units of competency from the training package known as CPP07 Property Services Training Package:
Unit code	Unit title
CPPDSM4068A	Prepare livestock for sale at saleyards
CPPDSM4075A	Select livestock for sale
CPPDSM4077A	Sell livestock by private sale

62.Implementing a livestock auctioneer and endorsement

Table 6.19 below shows where licensing may occur for the auctioning of livestock and the sale and purchase of livestock should a decision be made to license these areas of work. It should be noted that jurisdictions have not indicated whether a national livestock auctioneer’s licence or livestock agency endorsement would be issued.

Table 6.19: Proposed livestock auctioneer and livestock agency endorsement across jurisdictions

	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT
Livestock auctioneer	y		y	y		y	y	y
Livestock agency endorsement	y		y			y