Preliminary Part I
Section 4
public authority of the Commonwealth means:
(a) a body incorporated, whether before or after the
commencement of this Act, for a public purpose by a law of
the Commonwealth or a law of a Territory, being a body
corporate employing staff on its own behalf;
(b) an authority or body, not being a body corporate, established,
whether before or after the commencement of this Act, for a
public purpose by, or in accordance with the provisions of, a
law of the Commonwealth or a law of a Territory, being an
authority or body employing staff on its own behalf; or
(c) an incorporated company over which the Commonwealth, or
a body or authority referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), is in a
position to exercise control.
registered charity means an entity that is registered under the
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 as
the type of entity mentioned in column 1 of item 1 of the table in
subsection 25-5(5) of that Act.
registered organisation means an organisation registered, or an
association recognised, under the Fair Work (Registered
Organisations) Act 2009.
relevant international instrument means:
(a) the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination Against Women done at New York on
18 December 1979 ([1983] ATS 9) (a copy of the English
text of which is set out in the Schedule); or
(b) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights done
at New York on 16 December 1966 ([1980] ATS 23); or
(c) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights done at New York on 16 December 1966 ([1976] ATS
5); or
(d) the Convention on the Rights of the Child done at New York
on 20 November 1989 ([1991] ATS 4); or
(e) ILO Convention (No. 100) concerning Equal Remuneration
for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value done
at Geneva on 29 June 1951 ([1975] ATS 45); or
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
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