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2016
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Racial Discrimination Amendment Bill
2016
No. , 2016
(Senators Bernardi, the Hon. Eric Abetz, Back, Burston, Bushby, Culleton, Day,
Duniam, Fawcett, Hanson, Hinch, Leyonhjelm, the Hon. Ian Macdonald, McKenzie,
O'Sullivan, Paterson, Reynolds, Roberts, Smith, Williams)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Racial
Discrimination Act 1975, and for related purposes
No. , 2016
Racial Discrimination Amendment Bill 2016
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Racial Discrimination Act 1975
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No. , 2016
Racial Discrimination Amendment Bill 2016
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Racial
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Discrimination Act 1975, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the Racial Discrimination Amendment Act 2016.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Racial Discrimination Amendment Bill 2016
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
the Act
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Racial Discrimination Act 1975
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1 Paragraph 18C(1)(a)
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Omit "offend, insult,".
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2 Application of amendment
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The amendment made by item 1 applies in relation to acts done on or
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after the day this Act commences.
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