Preliminary Part I
Section 3
(a) Part 2 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992; or
(b) Part II or IIA of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975; or
(c) Part II of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984;
and includes any conduct that is an offence under:
(ca) Division 2 of Part 5 of the Age Discrimination Act 2004
(other than section 52); or
(d) Division 4 of Part 2 of the Disability Discrimination Act
1992; or
(e) subsection 27(2) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975; or
(f) section 94 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.
(2) In this Act, a reference to the Governor of a State shall, in relation
to the Northern Territory, be construed as a reference to the
Administrator of the Northern Territory.
(3) In this Act:
(a) a reference to, or to the doing of, an act includes a reference
to a refusal or failure to do an act; and
(b) a reference, in relation to the doing of an act or the engaging
in of a practice, to the person who did the act or engaged in
the practice shall, in the case of an act done or practice
engaged in by an unincorporated body of persons, be read as
a reference to that body.
(4) In the definition of human rights in subsection (1):
(a) the reference to the rights and freedoms recognised in the
Covenant shall be read as a reference to the rights and
freedoms recognised in the Covenant as it applies to
Australia; and
(b) the reference to the rights and freedoms recognised or
declared by any relevant international instrument shall:
(i) in the case of an instrument (not being a declaration
referred to in subparagraph (ii)) that applies to
Australia—be read as a reference to the rights and
freedoms recognised or declared by the instrument as it
applies to Australia; or
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
Compilation No. 48
Compilation date: 20/12/18
Authorised Version C2019C00030 registered 14/01/2019
9
Registered: 14/1/19