Queensland Numbered Acts

HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2019 - SECT 4

4 How main objects are primarily achieved

The main objects are to be achieved primarily by—

(a) stating the human rights Parliament specifically seeks to protect and promote; and

(b) requiring public entities to act and make decisions in a way compatible with human rights; and

(c) requiring statements of compatibility with human rights to be tabled in the Legislative Assembly for all Bills introduced in the Assembly; and

(d) providing for a portfolio committee responsible for examining a Bill introduced in the Legislative Assembly to consider whether the Bill is compatible with human rights; and

(e) providing for Parliament, in exceptional circumstances, to override the application of this Act to a statutory provision; and

(f) requiring courts and tribunals to interpret statutory provisions, to the extent possible that is consistent with their purpose, in a way compatible with human rights; and

(g) conferring jurisdiction on the Supreme Court to declare that a statutory provision can not be interpreted in a way compatible with human rights; and

(h) providing for a Minister and a portfolio committee to report to the Legislative Assembly about declarations of incompatibility; and

(i) providing for how to resolve human rights complaints; and

(j) providing for the Queensland Human Rights Commission to carry out particular functions under this Act, including, for example, to promote an understanding and acceptance of human rights and this Act in Queensland.