Not-for-profit Sector Freedom to Advocate Act 2013
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Not‑for‑profit Sector Freedom to Advocate Act 2013
No. 56, 2013
An Act to prohibit Commonwealth agreements from restricting or preventing not‑for‑profit entities from commenting on, advocating support for or opposing changes to Commonwealth law, policy or practice, and for related purposes
Contents
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Definitions
4 Agency not to include prohibited content in Commonwealth agreement
5 Prohibited content
6 Compensation for acquisition of property
7 Application
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Not-for-profit Sector Freedom to Advocate Act 2013
No. 56, 2013
An Act to prohibit Commonwealth agreements from restricting or preventing not‑for‑profit entities from commenting on, advocating support for or opposing changes to Commonwealth law, policy or practice, and for related purposes
[Assented to 13 June 2013]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Not‑for‑profit Sector Freedom to Advocate Act 2013.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.
3 Definitions
In this Act:
agency means an entity mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (h) of the definition of agency in subsection 6(1) of the Privacy Act 1988.
Commonwealth agreement means a legally binding agreement between an agency (on behalf of the Commonwealth) and a not‑for‑profit entity.
confidential information means information, the disclosure of which:
(a) would found an action for breach of confidence; or
(b) would disclose:
(i) trade secrets; or
(ii) any other information having a commercial value that would be, or could reasonably be expected to be, destroyed or diminished if the information were disclosed; or