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• Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) - Level 2An Act to regulate the supply, advertising and description of goods and services. This Act constitutes the main law covering business behaviour in NSW. Under the Act, it is unlawful to make false claims about a product or service; Operate in a misleading or deceptive way, or in a way that is likely to mislead or deceive your customers. The Act establishes the NSW Office of Fair Trading which seeks to protect the rights of consumers and advises business and traders on fair practice by setting the rules for fairness in transactions between consumers and traders. NSW Fair Trading has the power to investigate and prevent unfair practices and for some industries in NSW have a licensing system in place to ensure only qualified and appropriate people perform such work within the industry. Under the Act, a business must not engage in unconscionable conduct (take unfair advantage of vulnerable customers). This may occur where customers have no alternative than to do business with that vendor; or, where a product or service is in high demand and the vendor abuses their bargaining power. The Fair Trading Act gives the government a number of options to enforce the law and empowers the courts to prosecute those who have failed to comply.
• Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018 (Cth) - Level 2The object of this Act is to provide for a scheme for the registration of persons who undertake certain activities on behalf of foreign governments and other foreign principals, in order to improve the transparency of their activities on behalf of those foreign principals.
  
  A person who undertakes activities on behalf of a foreign principal may be liable to register under the scheme established by this Act, depending on who the foreign principal is, the activities the person undertakes and in some cases on the person’s former status.
  
  Certain information about registrants and their activities is made publicly available.
  
  A registrant has various responsibilities under the scheme. In general terms, these responsibilities are aimed at ensuring that the Secretary has up to date information about the activities of registrants, especially during voting periods for federal elections.
  
  In addition, any person who undertakes communications activity that is registrable in relation to a foreign principal must make a disclosure about the foreign principal. This applies whether or not the person is a registrant.
  
  Penalties apply for persons who are liable to register under the scheme and do not register, and for those who fail to fulfil responsibilities under the scheme.
• Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Rules 2018 (Cth) - Level 2Provides information on exceptions from registration under the scheme and information to be made available on the website
• Fringe Benefits Tax Act 1986 (Cth) - Level 2An Act to impose a tax in respect of the value of certain fringe benefits provided in respect of the employment of employees.