Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) is the independent national regulator of charities. The ACNC Commissioner (the Commissioner) has a number of statutory functions and regulatory powers set out in the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 (Cth) (ACNC Act), the Charities Act 2013 (Cth) (the Charities Act) and accompanying regulations