Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person shall not hinder, obstruct, molest or interfere with a person exercising or performing any of the powers or functions referred to in this Act.
Penalty for an offence against subsection (1): 10 penalty units.
(1A) For the purposes of an offence against subsection (1), strict liability applies to the physical element of circumstance, that a person is exercising or performing any of the powers or functions referred to in this Act.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(2) A person shall not:
(a) refuse to employ another person; or
(b) dismiss, or threaten to dismiss, another person from the other person's employment; or
(c) prejudice, or threaten to prejudice, another person in the other person's employment; or
(d) intimidate or coerce, or impose any pecuniary or other penalty upon, another person;
by reason that the other person:
(e) has made, or proposes to make, a complaint under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or
(f) has furnished, or proposes to furnish, any information or documents to a person exercising or performing any powers or functions under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or
(g) has attended, or proposes to attend, a conference held under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 .
Penalty for an offence against subsection (2):
(a) in the case of a natural person--25 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both; or
(b) in the case of a body corporate--100 penalty units.