Part 2 s 62
Human Rights Act 1993
Version as at
1 July 2024
any person or the broadcast or use of words by any person, if the report of the
matter or words accurately conveys the intention of the person who published
or distributed the matter or broadcast or used the words.
(3)
For the purposes of this section,—
newspaper means a paper containing public news or observations on public
news, or consisting wholly or mainly of advertisements, being a newspaper that
is published periodically at intervals not exceeding 3 months
publishes or distributes means publishes or distributes to the public at large or
to any member or members of the public
written matter includes any writing, sign, visible representation, or sound
recording.
Compare: 1971 No 150 s 9A; 1977 No 49 s 86; 1989 No 127 s 2
Section 61(1)(a): amended, on 3 July 2015, by section 36(1) of the Harmful Digital Communications
Act 2015 (2015 No 63).
Section 61(2): amended, on 3 July 2015, by section 36(2) of the Harmful Digital Communications
Act 2015 (2015 No 63).
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Sexual harassment
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person (in the course of that person’s involvement
in any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (3)) to
make a request of any other person for sexual intercourse, sexual contact, or
other form of sexual activity which contains an implied or overt promise of
preferential treatment or an implied or overt threat of detrimental treatment.
(2)
It shall be unlawful for any person (in the course of that person’s involvement
in any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (3)) by
the use of language (whether written or spoken) of a sexual nature, or of visual
material of a sexual nature, or by physical behaviour of a sexual nature, to
subject any other person to behaviour that—
(3)
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(a)
is unwelcome or offensive to that person (whether or not that is con‐
veyed to the first-mentioned person); and
(b)
is either repeated, or of such a significant nature, that it has a detrimental
effect on that person in respect of any of the areas to which this subsec‐
tion is applied by subsection (3).
The areas to which subsections (1) and (2) apply are—
(a)
the making of an application for employment:
(b)
employment, which term includes unpaid work:
(c)
participation in, or the making of an application for participation in, a
partnership:
(d)
membership, or the making of an application for membership, of an
industrial union or professional or trade association:
(e)
access to any approval, authorisation, or qualification: