Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) It is an offence for a person to commit an act of victimisation against another person.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is taken to commit an act of victimisation against another person if the first - mentioned person subjects, or threatens to subject, the other person to any detriment on the ground that the other person:
(a) has made, or proposes to make, a complaint under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or
(b) has brought, or proposes to bring, proceedings under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 against any person; or
(c) has given, or proposes to give, any information, or has produced, or proposes to produce, any documents to a person exercising or performing any power or function under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or
(d) has attended, or proposes to attend, a conference held under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or
(e) has appeared, or proposes to appear, as a witness in a proceeding under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or
(f) has reasonably asserted, or proposes to assert, any rights of the person or the rights of any other person under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or
(g) has made an allegation that a person has done an act that is unlawful by reason of a provision of this Part;
or on the ground that the first - mentioned person believes that the other person has done, or proposes to do, an act or thing referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (g) (inclusive).