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South Australia
Equal Opportunity (Parliament) Amendment
Bill 2020
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Equal
Opportunity Act 1984
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Equal Opportunity
Act 1984
3Amendment of section 87—Sexual
harassment
4Amendment of section 93—Making of
complaints
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Equal Opportunity (Parliament) Amendment
Act 2020.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Equal Opportunity
Act 1984
3—Amendment
of section 87—Sexual harassment
Section 87(6c)—after paragraph (a) insert:
(ab) another member of Parliament; or
4—Amendment
of section 93—Making of complaints
Section 93—after subsection (3) insert:
(4) Despite any other provision of this Act, if the Commissioner becomes
aware that—
(a) a criminal investigation is being conducted in relation to a matter
that is the subject of a complaint; or
(b) a person has been or is to be charged with a criminal offence in
relation to a matter that is the subject of a complaint,
the Commissioner may not proceed to investigate or otherwise deal with the
complaint under this Act, or to attempt to resolve the subject matter of the
complaint by conciliation, until the criminal investigation has been completed
or the proceedings for the offence have been disposed of, withdrawn or
permanently stayed.
5—Amendment
of section 93AA—Manner of dealing with complaints of sexual harassment by
judicial officers and members of Parliament
(1) Section 93AA(1)(f)(ii)—after "conciliation" insert:
(and for that purpose the Commissioner has the same powers as are conferred
on the Commissioner by section 95 in relation to the conduct of
conciliation proceedings where a complaint is dealt with under this
Act)
(2) Section 93AA(3)—delete subsection (3)