Part II Prohibition of discrimination etc.
Division 5 Victimisation
Section 47A
Division 5—Victimisation
47A Victimisation
(1) It is unlawful for a person to commit an act of victimisation against
another person.
Note 1:
See also section 94 (offence of victimisation).
Note 2:
See also the definition of unlawful discrimination in the Australian
Human Rights Commission Act 1986.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person (the first person)
commits an act of victimisation against another person if the first
person subjects, or threatens to subject, the other person to any
detriment on the ground that the other person:
(a) has made, or proposes to make, a complaint under this Act or
the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986; or
(b) has brought, or proposes to bring, proceedings under this Act
or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
against any person; or
(c) has given, or proposes to give, any information, or has
produced, or proposes to produce, any documents to a person
exercising or performing any power or function under this
Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986;
or
(d) has attended, or proposes to attend, a conference held under
this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act
1986; or
(e) has appeared, or proposes to appear, as a witness in a
proceeding under this Act or the Australian Human Rights
Commission Act 1986; or
(f) has reasonably asserted, or proposes to assert, any rights of
the person or the rights of any other person under this Act or
the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986; or
(g) has made an allegation that a person has done an act that is
unlawful by reason of a provision of this Part (other than
subsection (1));
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Compilation No. 42
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
Compilation date: 11/09/2021
Authorised Version C2021C00420 registered 08/10/2021
Registered: 08/10/2021
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