Legislation

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.

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  • Safe Work Australia Act 2008 (Cth) - Level 4An Act to establish Safe Work Australia, and for related purposes
  • Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth) - Level 4An Act relating to the rehabilitation of employees of the Commonwealth and certain corporations and to workers' compensation for those employees and certain other persons, and for related purposes.
  • Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1986 (NSW) - Level 4An Act to give effect within New South Wales to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods , and for other purposes.
  • Sale of Goods Act 1923 (NSW) - Level 4Each state and territory has its own Sale of Goods Act to cover contracts where a seller transfers, or agrees to transfer, their right of ownership in goods to a buyer for a money consideration called the price. This Act codifies the common law as well as amending it.
  • Science and Industry Endowment Act 1926 (Cth) - Level 4An Act to constitute a Fund to be utilized for the purposes of Scientific and Industrial Research.
  • Science and Industry Research Act 1949 (Cth) - Level 4An Act relating to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  • Smoke-Free Environment Act 2000 (NSW) - Level 4The object of this Act is to promote public health by reducing exposure to tobacco and other smoke in enclosed public places.
  • State Authorities Superannuation Act 1987 (NSW) - Level 4An Act to establish a superannuation scheme for certain employees in the public sector; and for other purposes.
  • State Emergency & Rescue Management Act 1989 (NSW) - Level 4An Act relating to the management of State emergencies and rescues.

    Under the Act, the Premier has the ability to declare that a 'state of emergency' exists in the whole or part of NSW when there is significant and widespread danger to life and or property in the state.
  • Stock Medicines Act 1989 (NSW) - Level 4An Act relating to medicines for stock and other animals for the purposes of enhancing the quality of agricultural production, protecting the environment and safeguarding the health of stock and other animals; and for other purposes.
  • Student Intentifiers Act 2014 (Cth) - Level 4An Act to provide for student identifiers and for access to transcripts relating to vocational education and training, and for related purposes.

    Generally, a registered higher education provider must not confer a regulated higher education award on an individual after 2022 unless the individual has been assigned a student identifier.

    Collection, use and disclosure of an individual’s student identifier without the individual’s consent is prohibited, unless it is authorised by this Act. The Information Commissioner may deal with breaches of these rules as interferences with privacy under the Privacy Act 1988.
  • Superannuation Guarantee Charge Act 1992 (Cth) - Level 4An Act to impose a charge on any shortfall in the amount contributed by employers to RSAs or superannuation funds for the benefit of employees.
  • Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW) - Level 4An Act to regulate the installation, use, maintenance and retrieval of surveillance devices.

    Information obtained from the use of an approved surveillance device is deemed 'protected information' - communication and publication of 'protected information' is prohibited under the Act.