Compliance requirements may include but are not limited to: | • cross-industry, industry-specific and internal organisational compliance requirements in such areas as (examples only in alphabetical groupings): - anti-discrimination (including discrimination by race, sex, disability, religion, etc.), alcohol licensing (licensing regulations covering clubs, pubs, licensed premises, etc.), aviation - bankruptcy - chemical use, child protection, construction, conveyancing/real estate, copyright, corporate governance, customs, credit - education, electricity, environmental protection, equal opportunity - financial services (including banking), fire, food hygiene, freedom of information, freight forwarding - gambling, gene technology - health, human rights - insurance, immigration, intellectual property - land management - maritime, mining - pharmaceuticals, patents, privacy - quarantine - racing, rail transport, road transport - safety (includes cross-industry generic regulations as well as industry, equipment or product-specific sub-categories e.g. marine safety, rail safety, food safety, aviation safety, road safety, dangerous goods, construction safety, mine safety, road safety, etc.), security, sewage, superannuation - taxation, telecommunications, tobacco, trade practices and consumer protection - water supply, workers compensation, workers rehabilitation • different types of external and internal compliance requirements including: - regulations of a state, national or international regulatory authority - accreditation requirements of an institute, professional organisation or registration body - requirements for certification under statutory licensing systems - statutory standards or codes of practice - internal policies, procedures, standards or codes of practice of an organisation |
Search resources may include: | • published information on relevant legislation, regulations, licensing requirements, codes of practice, Australian standards, etc • computer terminals linked to data sources either via the Internet, internal networks, or CD-ROMs • library resources and materials including compliance related books, journals, manuals, standards, CD- ROMs and other multimedia resources |
Information on relevant compliance requirements may include: | • published information on legislation, regulations, codes of practice, standards, licensing requirements, standard operating procedures, etc. • information downloadable from relevant Internet websites • records of conversations and meetings with relevant internal and external personal • correspondence, emails and other written information provided by internal and external personnel contacted during search activities • newsletters, bulletins and information sheets and other similar periodic documentation distributed by relevant regulatory authorities and standards bodies |