Directory of Legislation
On this page you will find a list of legislation and legislative instruments applicable to compliance management at UNE. Clicking on the name will take you to more information, where a link is provided. This may be an external website or document.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth) - Level 4The purpose of the ATSIHP Act is the preservation and protection from injury or desecration of areas and objects in Australia and in Australian waters, being areas and objects that are 'of particular significance' to Aboriginals in accordance with Aboriginal tradition.
The expression 'of particular significance' was modelled on the definition of the term 'sacred site' in the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth).
The ATSIHP Act does not protect all forms of Indigenous heritage. For example, the Act does not protect:
- areas and objects whose heritage significance is due to their archaeological, scientific or historical interest, such as areas of past Aboriginal occupation, traditionally made tools, or old records.
- rock art or contemporary art that has no particular significance in Aboriginal tradition.
- natural heritage (including wildlife or biodiversity).
- intangible heritage (such as intellectual property and language). - Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) - Level 4An Act relating to the interpretationand construction of Commonwealth legislation applicable to the University.
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 (Cth) - Level 4The object of this Act is to establish a national registration authority to administer such laws of the Commonwealth or of the States and Territories relating to agricultural and veterinary chemical products as confer functions and powers on the Authority.
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (New South Wales) Act 1994 (NSW) - Level 4An Act to apply certain laws of the Commonwealth relating to agricultural and veterinary chemical products as laws of New South Wales; and for other purposes.
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994 (Cth) - Level 4An Act to make a law for the government of certain Territories in relation to the evaluation, registration and control of agricultural and veterinary chemical products, and for related purposes
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 (Cth) - Level 4An Act to make provision for the evaluation, registration and control of agricultural and veterinary chemical products, and for related matters, for the purposes of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994.
- Agricultural Livestock (Disease Control Funding) Act 1998 (NSW) - Level 4An Act to assist agricultural industries to provide and fund services to control diseases in livestock; and for other purposes.
- Agricultural Tenancies Act 1990 (NSW) - Level 4An Act to regulate the rights of agricultural landowners, tenants and sharefarmers and to provide for the resolution of disputes between them; to repeal the Agricultural Holdings Act 1941 ; and for other purposes.
- Annual Holidays Act 1944 (NSW) - Level 4An Act to provide for annual holidays for workers.
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth) - Level 4An Act to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism, and for other purposes.
- Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001 (NSW) - Level 4An Act to provide for the regulation of apprenticeships and traineeships. This Act applies to the Apprenticeships and Traineeship agreements that are entered into by the University.
- Associations Incorporation Act 2009 (NSW) - Level 4The objects of this Act areâ€"
(a) to establish a scheme for the registration of associations that are constituted for the purpose of engaging in small-scale, non-profit and non-commercial activities, includingâ€"
(i) associations that are currently unincorporated (which become bodies corporate when they are registered), and
(ii) associations that are currently incorporated under other legislation (which retain their corporate status following registration), and
(b) to make provision with respect to the corporate governance and financial accountability of associations registered under that scheme. - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Act 1998 (Cth) - Level 4An Act to impose charges on licences issued under the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998, and for related purposes.
THIS ACT ONLY APPLICABLE TO AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT ENTITIES