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• A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth) - Level 2An Act implementing and administering a goods and services tax.
• Advocate for Children and Young People Act 2014 (NSW) - Level 2An Act to create the office of Advocate for Children and Young People and to provide for the functions of that office; and to repeal the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998 and the Youth Advisory Council Act 1989.
• Australian Charities and Not-for- Profits Commission Act 2012 (Cth) - Level 2An Act to establish the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission and a national regulatory framework for the not-for-profit sector, and for related purposes. It establishes the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC); charges the ACNC with registering not-for-profit entities (initially charities) and maintaining a register; provides for the powers of the ACNC Commissioner in relation to the regulation of registered entities; and sets out the obligations and responsibilities of registered entities.
• Australian Human Rights Commission Regulations 2019 (Cth) - Level 2This instrument is made under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986. It outlines declared discriminations, that is distinctions, exclusions or preferences that constitute discrimination. It also notes that the previous declared discriminations in the now repealed regulation Australian Human Rights Commission Regulations 1989, continue to apply to in relation to distinctions, exclusions or preferences made before 1 October 2019.
• Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011 (Cth) - Level 2An Act to make provision relating to sanctions to facilitate the conduct of Australia’s external affairs, and for related purposes.
  
  (1) The main objects of this Act are to:
  
  (a) provide for autonomous sanctions; and
  
  (b) provide for enforcement of autonomous sanctions (whether applied under this Act or another law of the Commonwealth); and
  
  (c) facilitate the collection, flow and use of information relevant to the administration of autonomous sanctions (whether applied under this Act or another law of the Commonwealth).
  
  Countryâ€'specific sanctions
  
  (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the autonomous sanctions may address matters that are of international concern in relation to one or more particular foreign countries.
  
  Thematic sanctions
  
  (3) Without limiting subsection (1), the autonomous sanctions may address one or more of the following:
  
  (a) the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;
  
  (b) threats to international peace and security;
  
  (c) malicious cyber activity;
  
  (d) serious violations or serious abuses of human rights;
  
  (e) activities undermining good governance or the rule of law, including serious corruption;
  
  (f) serious violations of international humanitarian law.
• Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 (Cth) - Level 2Regulations made under the Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011