Preliminary Part 1
Section 12A
12A Application of the Criminal Code
Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code (except Part 2.5) applies to all
offences against this Act.
Note:
Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of
criminal responsibility.
13 Operation of State and Territory laws
(1) A reference in this section to this Act is a reference to this Act as it
has effect because of a provision of section 12.
(2) A reference in this section to a law of a State or Territory is a
reference to a law of a State or Territory that deals with
discrimination on the grounds of disability.
(3) This Act is not intended to exclude or limit the operation of a law
of a State or Territory that is capable of operating concurrently
with this Act.
(3A) Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to Division 2A of Part 2
(Disability standards).
(4) If:
(a) a law of a State or Territory relating to discrimination deals
with a matter dealt with by this Act (including a matter dealt
with by a disability standard); and
(b) a person has made a complaint or initiated a proceeding
under that law in respect of an act or omission in respect of
which the person would, apart from this subsection, have
been entitled to make a complaint under the Australian
Human Rights Commission Act 1986 alleging that the act or
omission is unlawful under a provision of Part 2 of this Act;
the person is not entitled to make a complaint or institute a
proceeding under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act
1986 alleging that the act or omission is unlawful under a provision
of Part 2 of this Act.
(5) If:
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Compilation No. 33
Compilation date: 12/4/18
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