Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION (EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN) ACT 1986 No. 91 of 1986 - SECT 5

5. (1) Without prejudice to its effect apart from this section, this Act also
has effect as provided by this section.

(2) By virtue of this sub-section, this Act has the effect it would have if
each reference in this Act to employment were, by express provision, confined
to employment in connection with trade and commerce-

   (a)  between Australia and a place outside Australia;

   (b)  between the States; or

   (c)  within a Territory, between a State and a Territory, or between two
        Territories.

(3) By virtue of this sub-section, this Act has the effect it would have if
each reference in this Act to employment were, by express provision, confined
to employment in connection with broadcasting or televising within the meaning
of the Broadcasting Act 1942.

(4) By virtue of this sub-section, this Act has the effect it would have if
each reference in this Act to an affirmative action program were, by express
provision, confined to a program for the gathering of statistics and related
information concerning employment by a relevant employer.

(5) By virtue of this sub-section, this Act has the effect it would have if
each reference in this Act to employment were, by express provision, confined
to employment in connection with the business of banking, other than State
banking that does not extend beyond the limits of the State concerned.

(6) By virtue of this sub-section, this Act has the effect it would have if
each reference in this Act to employment were, by express provision, confined
to employment in connection with the business of insurance, other than State
insurance that does not extend beyond the limits of the State concerned.

(7) By virtue of this sub-section, this Act has the effect it would have if
each reference in this Act to a relevant employer were, by express provision,
confined to a relevant employer that is a foreign corporation, or a trading or
financial corporation formed within the limits of the Commonwealth.

(8) By virtue of this sub-section, this Act has the effect it would have if
each reference in this Act to employment by a relevant employer were, by
express provision, confined to employment by a trading or financial
corporation formed within the limits of the Commonwealth, being employment in
connection with the trading or financial activities, as the case may be, of
that corporation.

(9) By virtue of this sub-section, this Act has the effect it would have to
the extent that this Act is appropriate to give effect to, or carry out the
purposes of, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination
Against Women, a copy of the English text of which is set out in the Schedule
to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.

(10) By virtue of this sub-section, this Act has the effect it would have if
each reference in this Act to employment were, by express provision, confined
to employment in a Territory.

(11) By virtue of this sub-section, this Act has the effect it would have if
each reference in this Act to a relevant employer were, by express provision,
confined to a relevant employer that is a corporation incorporated in a
Territory.
(12) In this section, "foreign corporation" and "trading or financial
corporation" have the same meanings as in paragraph 51 (xx) of the
Constitution.