2004

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Sex Discrimination Amendment (Teaching Profession) Bill 2004

No. , 2004

(Attorney-General)

A Bill for an Act to amend the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, and for related purposes



Sex Discrimination Amendment (Teaching Profession) Bill 2004 No. , 2004

Sex Discrimination Amendment (Teaching Profession) Bill 2004 No. , 2004
Contents

 

1 Short title 1

 

2 Commencement 1

 

3 Schedule(s) 1
Schedule 1--Amendments 3
Sex Discrimination Act 1984 3




Amendments Schedule 1



Sex Discrimination Amendment (Teaching Profession) Bill 2004 No. , 2004

Sex Discrimination Amendment (Teaching Profession) Bill 2004 No. , 2004

Sex Discrimination Amendment (Teaching Profession) Bill 2004 No. , 2004
A Bill for an Act to amend the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:

 

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Teaching Profession) Act 2004.

 

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

 

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1--Amendments

Sex Discrimination Act 1984

 

1 After section 38
Insert:

 

38A Preference to address gender imbalance in school teaching

    (1) Nothing in Division 1 or 2 renders it unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person, on the ground of the other person's sex, by offering scholarships to persons of the opposite sex in respect of their participation as students in a teaching course, if the scholarships are offered in order to redress a gender imbalance in teaching.

    (2) In this section:

gender imbalance in teaching means an imbalance in the ratio of male to female teachers:

        (a)   in schools in Australia generally; or

        (b)   in a particular category or categories of schools in Australia; or

        (c)   in a particular school or schools in Australia.

scholarship includes assistance or support that is similar to a scholarship.

school includes a pre-school.

teaching course means a course of study that leads to a qualification for teaching students at schools in Australia.

 

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