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2002
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Disability
Discrimination Amendment Bill 2002
No.
,
2002
(Attorney-General)
A
Bill for an Act to amend the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, and for
related purposes
Contents
Disability Discrimination Act
1992 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Disability
Discrimination Act 1992, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This
Act may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Amendment Act
2002.
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in
column 2 of the table.
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Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by
this table |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent |
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2. Schedule 1 |
A single day to be fixed by Proclamation, subject to
subsection (3). |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act
as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded
to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
(2) Column 3 of the table is for additional information that is not part
of this Act. This information may be included in any published version of this
Act.
(3) If a provision covered by item 2 of the table does not commence
within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives
the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that
period.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
Disability Discrimination Act
1992
1 Subsection 31(4)
Omit “guidelines” (twice occurring), substitute
“disability standards”.
2 Section 33
Repeal the section, substitute:
Division 5 (other than subsections 55(1A) to (1D) and any reference
in that Division to those provisions) does not apply in relation to a disability
standard.
3 After subsection 55(1)
Insert:
(1A) The Commission may, on application by:
(a) a person:
(i) on that person’s own behalf; or
(ii) on behalf of that person and another person or other persons;
or
(iii) on behalf of another person or other persons; or
(b) 2 or more persons:
(i) on their own behalf; or
(ii) on behalf of themselves and another person or other persons;
or
(iii) on behalf of another person or other persons;
by instrument grant to the person or persons to whom the application
relates, as the case may be, an exemption from the operation of section 32,
as specified in the instrument.
(1B) An exemption granted under subsection (1A) must be in relation
to a specified disability standard and only applies to the extent that the
disability standard deals with the provision of public transportation services
and facilities covered by paragraph 31(1)(d).
(1C) If the regulations prescribe a body as a body that the Commission
must consult in relation to the kinds of public transportation services or
facilities that will be dealt with in an exemption under subsection (1A),
the Commission must consult that body before granting the exemption.
(1D) The Commission may, before granting an exemption under
subsection (1A), consult any other body or person that the Commission
considers it appropriate to consult.
4 Subsection 55(2)
After “subsection (1)”, insert “or
(1A)”.
5 Subsection 55(3)
After “exemption” (first occurring), insert “granted
under subsection (1) or (1A)”.
6 After subsection 132(1)
Insert:
(1A) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the
Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of subsection 55(1C)
prescribing a body as a body that the Commission must consult in relation to all
or specified kinds of public transportation services or facilities.