Part I Preliminary
Section 6
(c) there were inserted in subsection 14(1), before the words “is
invalid, the words or by reason that that person is or has been
an immigrant”;
(d) there were added at the end of subsection 14(2) the words “or
by reason that that other person is or has been an immigrant”;
(e) there were added at the end of subsection 15(2) the words “or
by reason that the person so seeking employment or any
relative or associate of that person is or has been an
immigrant”; and
(f) there were inserted in section 18, after the word “person”, the
words “or by reason that a person is or has been an
immigrant”.
6 Act binds the Crown
(1) This Act binds the Crown in each of its capacities.
(2) This Act does not make the Crown liable to be prosecuted for an
offence.
6A Operation of State and Territory laws
(1) This Act is not intended, and shall be deemed never to have been
intended, to exclude or limit the operation of a law of a State or
Territory that furthers the objects of the Convention and is capable
of operating concurrently with this Act.
(2) Where:
(a) a law of a State or Territory that furthers the objects of the
Convention deals with a matter dealt with by this Act; and
(b) a person has, whether before or after the commencement of
this section, made a complaint, instituted a proceeding or
taken any other action under that law in respect of an act or
omission in respect of which the person would, but for 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 II or
IIA of this Act;
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Compilation No. 17
Racial Discrimination Act 1975
Compilation date: 10/12/15
ComLaw Authoritative Act C2016C00089
Registered: 29/1/16