Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2004 - SECT 26

    (1)     No-one may be held in slavery or servitude.

    (2)     No-one may be made to perform forced or compulsory labour.

    (3)     In subsection (2):

"forced or compulsory labour "does not include—

        (a)     work or service normally required of an individual who is under detention because of a lawful court order, or who has been conditionally released from detention under a court order; or

        (b)     work or service required because of an emergency or calamity threatening the life or wellbeing of the community; or

        (c)     work or service that forms part of normal civil obligations.