The Better Regulation Task Force (BRTF) is an independent advisory body set up in 1997 "to advise the Government on action to ensure that regulation and its enforcement are proportionate, accountable, consistent, transparent and targeted."

It has become a very influential body in influencing the Government's policy on regulation.

The Government has recently accepted the conclusions of its report, 'Imaginative Regulation' and will now promote "the use of alternatives to [legal] regulation" across Whitehall and the wider public sector. Also From this year, each Government department must now report on their 'regulatory performance' and the BRTF will analyse these reports. To read more about this, click here

To see a list of its main publications which impinge upon safety, click here

Appointments to the BRTF are made by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, and are unpaid. A team of officials based in the Cabinet Office supports the Task Force.

The current membership of the task force are as follows:

To see the BRTF website, Click Here