Offences Part IV
Section 26
Part IV—Offences
26 Unlawful acts not offences unless expressly so provided
Except as expressly provided by this Part, nothing in this Act
makes it an offence to do an act or agree with another person to do
an act that is unlawful by reason of a provision of Part II or
Part IIA.
27 Offences relating to administration of Act
(1) A person shall not hinder, obstruct, molest or interfere with a
person exercising or performing any of the powers or functions
referred to in this Act.
Penalty for an offence against subsection (1): 10 penalty units.
(1A) For the purposes of an offence against subsection (1), strict liability
applies to the physical element of circumstance, that a person is
exercising or performing any of the powers or functions referred to
in this Act.
Note:
For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
(2) A person shall not:
(a) refuse to employ another person; or
(b) dismiss, or threaten to dismiss, another person from the other
person’s employment; or
(c) prejudice, or threaten to prejudice, another person in the
other person’s employment; or
(d) intimidate or coerce, or impose any pecuniary or other
penalty upon, another person;
by reason that the other person:
(e) has made, or proposes to make, a complaint under this Act or
the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986; or
(f) has furnished, or proposes to furnish, any information or
documents to a person exercising or performing any powers
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