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Pascoe, Susan --- "A regulator’s view" [2018] ELECD 1365; in Harding, Matthew (ed), "Research Handbook on Not-For-Profit Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 570

Book Title: Research Handbook on Not-For-Profit Law

Editor(s): Harding, Matthew

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781785369988

Section: Chapter 25

Section Title: A regulator’s view

Author(s): Pascoe, Susan

Number of pages: 23

Abstract/Description:

This chapter provides an account of the policy processes that led to the establishment of the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC), as well as the political turmoil that surrounded it for around three years from 2013. The chapter also discusses the activities and focus of the ACNC in light of its statutory objects; these include its registration function and its monitoring and compliance functions, but also its efforts to educate and support charities in Australia. The chapter emphasizes the regulatory culture of the ACNC with its emphasis on supporting and guiding a flourishing charity sector, and concludes with a brief introduction to the ACNC’s future priorities, including the harmonization of the legal definition of charity, and the laws relating to charity fundraising, across the whole Australian federation.