List of Laws, Rules, Guidelines, Codes and Policies for Contractors Undertaking Aid Activities

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LIST OF LAWS, GUIDELINES, CODES AND POLICIES FOR ENTITIES IMPLEMENTING DFAT ACTIVITIES UPDATED JUNE 2017

THIS LIST DOES NOT PURPORT TO BE ALL-INCLUSIVE. ENTITIES MUST COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE LISTED HERE. COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS LISTED BELOW DOES NOT IN ANY WAY RELIEVE ENTITIES OF THE REQUIREMENT TO COMPLY WITH ALL THEIR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS TO DFAT. THIS LIST MAY BE AMENDED BY DFAT FROM TIME TO TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.

Commonwealth Laws

A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C0012 7 Age Discrimination Act 2004 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C007 46 Archives Act 1983 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C007 72 Auditor-General Act 1997 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C006 85 Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C001 43 Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C002 47 Banking Act 1959 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C000 67 Building and Construction Industry (Improving https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C000 Productivity) Act 2016 42 Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C007 42 Commonwealth Criminal Code https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C0115 0 Competition and Consumer Act 2010 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C0006 2 Copyright Act 1968 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C000 94 Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C000 2006 55 Corporations Act 2001 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C001 29 Crimes Act 1914 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C0113 9 Crimes (Overseas) Act 1964 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2014C0067 9 Disability Discrimination Act 1992 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C007 @DFAT DFAT.GOV.AU 63 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C0077 Act 1999 7 Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C0014 7 Freedom of Information Act 1982 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C0010 2 Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C0015 5 Ombudsman Act 1976 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C0094 4 Privacy Act 1988 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C0097 9 Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C004 2013 14 Public Service Act 1999 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C0042 0 Racial Discrimination Act 1975 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C0008 9 Sex Discrimination Act 1984 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C0088 0 Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C0002 5 Work Health and Safety Act 2011 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C0088 7 Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C0089 5

Rules and Guidelines

https://www.finance.gov.au/resource- Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines management/grants/ https://www.finance.gov.au/procurement/procurem Commonwealth Procurement Rules ent-policy-and-guidance/commonwealth- procurement-rules/ https://www.ag.gov.au/CrimeAndCorruption/Fraud Commonwealth Fraud Control Framework Control/Pages/FraudControlFramework.aspx http://www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtections/FOI/Pa ges/Freedomofinformationdisclosurelog/Australian Australian Government Investigations Standards (AGIS) GovernmentInvestigationStandards2011andAustral ianGovernmentInvestigationsStandards2003.aspx Lobbying Code of Conduct http://lobbyists.pmc.gov.au/conduct_code.cfm https://guides.service.gov.au/content- Digital Transformation Agency Accessibility and inclusivity guide/accessibility-inclusivity/

DFAT Codes, Policies and Strategies

http://dfat.gov.au/news/news/Pages/australian- Australian Indigenous Peoples Strategy indigenous-peoples-strategy.aspx http://www.dfat.gov.au/about- Child Protection Policy 2017 us/publications/Pages/child-protection-policy.aspx https://www.dfat.gov.au/about- Code of Conduct for Overseas Service us/publications/Pages/dfat-code-of-conduct-for- overseas-service.aspx http://dfat.gov.au/about- Development for All 2015-2020: Strategy for Strengthening us/publications/Pages/development-for-all-2015- Disability-Inclusive Development in Australia’s Aid Program 2020.aspx http://dfat.gov.au/about- Displacement and Resettlement of People in Development us/publications/Pages/displacement-and- Activities resettlement-of-people-in-development- activities.aspx http://dfat.gov.au/about- Effective Governance: Strategy for Australia's Aid us/publications/Pages/effective-governance- Investments strategy-for-australias-aid-investments.aspx http://www.dfat.gov.au/about- Environmental Management Guide for Australia’s Aid us/publications/Pages/environment-management- Program guide-for-australia-s-aid-program.aspx http://dfat.gov.au/about- Environment Protection Policy for the Aid Program us/publications/Pages/environment-protection- policy-aid-program.aspx http://www.dfat.gov.au/about- Family Planning and the Aid Program: Guiding Principles us/publications/Pages/family-planning-and-the-aid- program-guiding-principles.aspx http://dfat.gov.au/about- Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Strategy us/publications/Pages/gender-equality-and- womens-empowerment-strategy.aspx http://dfat.gov.au/about- Health for Development Strategy 2015-2020 us/publications/Pages/health-for-development- strategy-2015-2020.aspx http://dfat.gov.au/about- Humanitarian Strategy us/publications/Pages/humanitarian-strategy.aspx http://dfat.gov.au/about- Strategy for Australia’s Aid for Trade Investments us/publications/Pages/strategy-for-australias-aid- for-trade-investments.aspx http://dfat.gov.au/about- Strategy for Australia’s Aid Investments in Agriculture, us/publications/Pages/strategy-for-australias-aid- Fisheries and Water investments-in-agriculture-fisheries-and-water.aspx http://dfat.gov.au/about- Strategy for Australia’s Aid Investments in Education 2015– us/publications/Pages/strategy-for-australias-aid- 2020 investments-in-education-2015-2020.aspx http://dfat.gov.au/about- Strategy for Australia's Investments in Economic us/publications/Pages/strategy-for-australias- Infrastructure investments-in-economic-infrastructure.aspx http://dfat.gov.au/about- Strategy for Australia's Aid Investments in Private Sector us/publications/Pages/strategy-for-australias-aid- Development investments-in-private-sector-development.aspx http://dfat.gov.au/about- Strategy for Australia’s Aid Investments in Social Protection us/publications/Pages/strategy-for-australias-aid- investments-in-social-protection.aspx

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