Legislation

The following legislation is common to most organizations:

1. Corporations or associations law with which you have compliance obligations
2. Trade practices law (competition and consumer protection)
3. Contract law
4. Environmental law
5. Taxation (eg. Income Tax Acts, Payroll Acts, Stamp Duty Act, GST, fringe benefits tax, etc.
6. Laws relating to people
• Industrial relations
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Workers’ compensation
• Employment
• Equal opportunity and anti-discrimination
• Child protection
• Volunteer workers, including insurance
7. Insurance: Workers compensation, volunteer workers Insurance, public liability,
8. Landlord and tenant (residences are different from commercial premises)
9. Copyright, trade marks, and other intellectual property

Government and non-government industry regulators typically include:

• Government industry regulators and licensing agencies
• Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Departments of Fair Trading or Consumer Affairs
• Non-government industry regulators
• Australian Stock Exchange