Australian Human Rights Commission Part II
Establishment and Constitution of Commission Division 1
Section 7
Part II—Australian Human Rights Commission
Division 1—Establishment and Constitution of
Commission
7 Australian Human Rights Commission
(1) There is established by this Act a Commission by the name of the
Australian Human Rights Commission.
(2) The Commission:
(a) is a body corporate, with perpetual succession;
(b) shall have a common seal;
(c) may acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property;
and
(d) may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(3) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially shall take judicial
notice of the imprint of the common seal of the Commission
appearing on a document and shall presume that the document was
duly sealed.
8 Constitution of Commission
(1) The Commission shall consist of:
(a) a President; and
(b) a Human Rights Commissioner; and
(c) the Race Discrimination Commissioner; and
(ca) the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Commissioner; and
(d) the Sex Discrimination Commissioner; and
(e) the Age Discrimination Commissioner; and
(f) the Disability Discrimination Commissioner; and
(g) the National Children’s Commissioner.
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
Compilation No. 48
Compilation date: 20/12/18
Authorised Version C2019C00030 registered 14/01/2019
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Registered: 14/1/19