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New South Wales. Listening Devices Act 1984 and search under Listening Devices Act for information about the audio and/or video recording of interviews.


New South Wales. Child Protection (Prohibited Employment) Act 1998 and search under Child Protection (Prohibited Employment) Act 1998. (This version was last updated on 1 January 2005.)

New South Wales. Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998 No 146 and search under Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998 No 146.

New South Wales Commission for Children and Young People. Working with children, frequently asked questions visit this website.

For more information on mandatory Reporting of child abuse visit this website.


New South Wales. Crimes Act 1900 Section 316 Concealing serious indictable offence and the Crimes (General) Regulation clause 6 and search under Crimes Act 1900.

For advice regarding collection of information about serious crimes Download Word Document.


Research Guidelines. For information on guidelines for approving applications for external agencies to conduct research in NSW Government schools visit this page of the Department of Education and Training website.






US Department of Health and Human Services. Food and Drug Administration. Guidance for Industry E6 Good clinical practice: consolidated guidance. April 1996. Download PDF.


NSW Guardianship Tribunal, for more information visit this page of the Department of Ageing, Disability & Home Care website.




NSW Human Tissue Act

NSW. Department of Health. Requirements of the Human Tissue Act 1983 in relation to research utilising human tissue: guidance for Human Research Ethics Committees. (Guideline) (03/9777 27 January 2005) Download PDF.


The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Guidelines for Ethical Research in Indigenous Studies. May 2000 Download PDF

Values and Ethics: Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research. Endorsed by Council at its 148th Session on 5 June 2003. For more visit of this page of the National Health and Medical Research Council website.

National Health and Medical Research Council. Keeping Research on Track. 2006.




Guidelines Under Section 95 of the Privacy Act 1988

Guidelines approved under Section 95A of the Privacy Act 1988

The regulation of health information privacy in Australia: a description and comment, prepared by Professor Colin Thomson. January 2004. For more visit the National Health and Medical Research Council website

New South Wales. Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 and search under Health Records and Privacy.

New South Wales Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act, 1988 No 133 visit this web page and search under Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 No 133

Privacy NSW. Information sheet for researchers submitting applications to NSW health HRECS: Health Records And Information Privacy Act 2002 July 2004
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Privacy NSW. Health Records And Information Privacy Act 2002 (NSW). Statutory guidelines on research. September 2004 Download PDF




Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency. Code of Practice of the Exposure of Humans to Ionizing Radiation for Research Purposes. (RPS No.8) Download PDF






National Health and Medical Research Council Statement on Animal-to-Human Transplantation (Xenotransplantation) Research. 10 March 2005.
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Includes:
Attachments 1
NHMRC. Xenotransplantation Working Party. Animal-To-Human Transplantation: Final report and advice to the National Health and Medical Research Council. September 2004.
Attachment 2
Draft, unendorsed Guidelines for Clinical Animal-to-Human Transplantation Research. September 2004.

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