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RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 18, 1980 - SECT 5

Function of Commissioner
5. After section 20 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:



"20A. (1) Except where the office of Commissioner is vacant or the
Commissioner is absent from duty or from Australia, the function of the Human
Rights Commission under paragraph 20 (a) shall be performed by the
Commissioner on behalf of that Commission.



"(2) In the performance of a function on behalf of the Human Rights
Commission, the Commissioner is subject to the directions of the Human Rights
Commission.



"(3) In relation to the performance of a function by the Commissioner on
behalf of the Human Rights Commission in pursuance of this section-

   (a)  in section 21, references to the Human Rights Commission other than
        the reference in paragraph (1) (a) and the reference first occurring
        in paragraph (2) (c) shall be construed as references to the
        Commissioner; and

   (b)  in section 22-

        (i)    the reference to the Human Rights Commission first occurring in
               sub-section (1) and the reference to a member of that
               Commission in sub-section (1) shall be construed as including a
               reference to the Commissioner; and

        (ii)   the reference to a person appointed by that Commission in
               sub-section (1) shall be construed as including a reference to
               a person appointed by the Commissioner.". 


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