UNE Compliance Register

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• Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) - Level 1As a NSW public sector agency responsible for the holding of personal information, the University must comply with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (NSW). In addition, the University must comply with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) in relation to:
  a. Personal information the University collects and holds regarding student assistance provided by the Commonwealth (which is an obligation under Section 19-60 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Cth)); and
  b. Tax file number information (in accordance with the Tax File Number Guidelines, a legislative instrument under the Privacy Act, 1988(Cth))
• Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (NSW) - Level 1The POEO Act object is to protect, restore and enhance the environment in NSW and to promote public access to information and involvement in environment protection.
  
  There is a broad allocation of responsibilities under the Act between the EPA, local councils and other public authorities. The EPA is made the regulatory authority for:
  * activities listed in Schedule 1 to the Act and the premises where they are carried out
  * activities carried out by a State or public authority
  * other activities in relation to which a licence regulating water pollution is issued.
  In nearly all other cases, the regulatory authority is the relevant local council.
  
  The Act also:
  - Allocates the drafting and publishing of PEP's (Protection of the Environment Policies) and associated impact statements to the EPA.
  - Establishes a system of Environment Protection Licences for the purposes of carrying out scheduled activities (e.g. chemical production, sterilisation activities, waste processing electricity generation, livestock intensive activities, etc) and scheduled development work (development designed to enable scheduled activities to take place on the premises).
  - Provides for the issue of environment protection notices (clean-up notices, prevention notices, and prohibition notices) - It is an offence under the Act not to comply with such notices and penalties include sizeable fines.
  - Defines a tiered mechanism to classify offences and provides for maximum penalties (eg: to willfully dispose of waste in a manner that harms or is likely to harm the environment is a Tier 1 offence that may attract large fines and potential imprisonment).
  - Provides for voluntary and mandatory environmental audits and procedural matters for the conduct of investigations (including scope, associated notice requirements, powers of entry, and duty to provide information).
  
  
• Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022 (NSW) - Level 1This Act seeks to provide protection for public officials who make reports/disclosures concerning corrupt conduct, maladministration and waste in the public sector. The University is a "public authority" under the Act, and is required to take every reasonable measure to ensure the confidentiality of the identity of a person who makes a protected disclosure. This Act prescribes a number of requirements that are to be followed by the University in the event that a protected disclosure is made.
  
  Staff who make a public interest disclosure (PID) in accordance with the PID Rule and Procedure will be protected in accordance with the Act.