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New South Wales
Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Private
Educational Authorities) Bill 2013
Explanatory note
This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.
Overview of Bill
The Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 currently exempts private educational authorities from
provisions of the Act that make it unlawful for an educational authority to discriminate against a
student or prospective student on the grounds of sex, marital or domestic status, disability,
homosexuality or age or on transgender grounds. Private educational authorities include all
non-government institutions at which education or training is provided, such as private schools,
business and coaching colleges and private universities.
The object of this Bill is to remove these exemptions for private educational authorities.
Outline of provisions
Clause 1 sets out the name (also called the short title) of the proposed Act.
Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act on the date of assent to the
proposed Act.
Clause 3 amends the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 in the manner described in the above
Overview.
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Introduced by Mr A H Greenwich, MP First print
New South Wales
Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Private
Educational Authorities) Bill 2013
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 No 48 2
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New South Wales
Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Private
Educational Authorities) Bill 2013
No , 2013
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 to remove the exemption of private
educational authorities from provisions that make it unlawful to discriminate against a student or
prospective student.
Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Private Educational Authorities) Bill 2013 [NSW]
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
1 Name of Act 2
This Act is the Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Private Educational Authorities) 3
Act 2013. 4
2 Commencement 5
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act. 6
3 Amendment of Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 No 48 7
Sections 31A (3) (a), 38K (3), 46A (3), 49L (3) (a), 49ZO (3) and 49ZYL (3) (b) 8
Omit the subsections and paragraphs. 9
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