A prominent anti-wind farm group has been stripped of its status as a tax-deductible charity status in a potentially landmark legal decision that could affect treatment of other groups claiming to promote health.

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Adelaide affirmed a decision by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), first issued in December 2014, to remove the Waubra Foundation's registration as a "health promotion charity".

International health bodies, including Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council, have examined wind farms for possible health effects for years, finding little evidence. Credit:Chris Ratcliffe

The foundation, set up in 2010, has been active in seeking to raise concern about purported health effects of infrasound or low frequency noise produced by industrial sources, particularly wind farms.

A range of international health bodies, including Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council, have investigated the effects of wind farms on human health and found little evidence of such links.