2013-2014 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sex Discrimination Amendment 

(Boosting Superannuation for Women) 

Bill 2014 

 

No.      , 2014 

 

(Mr Bandt) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Sex Discrimination 

Act 1984, and for related purposes 

   

   

 

 

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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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Sex Discrimination Act 1984

 

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Bill 2014 

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A Bill for an Act to amend the Sex Discrimination 

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Act 1984, 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 may be cited as the Sex Discrimination Amendment 

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(Boosting Superannuation for Women) Act 2014. 

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2  Commencement 

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  This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal 

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Assent. 

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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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 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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Sex Discrimination Act 1984 

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1  After subsection 14(2) 

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Insert: 

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(2A)  Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply if section 41C applies to that 

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employee in respect of that employer. 

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2  Subsection 14(5) 

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After "section 41B", insert "or 41C". 

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3  After section 41B 

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Insert: 

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41C  Increased employer superannuation contributions 

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  Nothing in Division 1 or 2 makes discrimination by an employer 

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against a female employee unlawful if the discrimination: 

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(a)  is on the ground of the employee's sex; and 

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(b)  involves the employer making an employer superannuation 

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contribution for the benefit of the employee that is more than 

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that otherwise required by law. 

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