Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ACT 1986 - SECT 30

  (1)   In this Division:

"act" includes an act done:

  (a)   by or on behalf of a State or an authority of a State;

  (b)   under a law of a State;

  (c)   wholly within a State; or

  (d)   partly within a State, to the extent to which the act was done within a State.

"practice" includes a practice engaged in:

  (a)   by or on behalf of a State or an authority of a State;

  (b)   under a law of a State;

  (c)   wholly within a State; or

  (d)   partly within a State, to the extent to which the practice was or is engaged in within a State.

  (1A)   In this Division, a reference to an act or practice that constitutes discrimination includes a reference to an act that is an offence under subsection   26(2).

  (2)   This Division   binds the Crown in right of a State.