December 2021 Chapter 3: Modernising the regulatory framework 4.5 Cost recovery for co-regulatory options 130 4.6 Summary – expanding co-regulatory functions at level two of the regulatory pyramid 5 Measures to address non-compliance – level three 131 134 5.1 Disability Discrimination Act Standards 134 (a) 135 The role of standards (b) What are the existing DDA standards? 136 (c) 139 Concerns about specific Standards (d) Reporting, review and enforcement processes 141 (e) 141 Expanding standards 5.2 Conducting own motion inquiries into systemic issues of (a) discrimination 143 Present inquiry functions 143 (b) Previous recommendations for an own-motion power 146 (c) 151 Conflict of interest? 151 (d) Key elements of an own-motion inquiry power (e) What enforcement powers should accompany an own-motion inquiry function? 5.3 Summary – measures to address non-compliance – level 3 of the regulatory pyramid 6 Reform proposals – modernising the regulatory framework 6 154 162 165 FREE AND EQUAL An Australian Conversation on Human Rights