Budget funding Provided the objectives, scope and performance measures of a regulator are clear, budget funding is an appropriate means to fund general regulators, where it is not efficient to impose user-charges. The government and the legislature should be able to review an independent regulator’s funding levels from time to time. However, secure multiyear funding arrangements can contribute to the independence of a regulator by protecting it from budget cuts motivated by political reaction to unpopular decisions (Kelley and Tenenbaum, 2004).
