Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts For the purposes of
eliminating discrimination on the ground of sex, marital status, pregnancy,
family responsibility or family status, sexual orientation, race, religious or
political conviction, impairment, age or the publication of relevant details
on the Fines Enforcement Registrar’s website, eliminating discrimination
against gender reassigned persons on gender history grounds, eliminating, as
far as possible, sexual harassment and racial harassment at work, in
educational institutions or related to accommodation, and promoting
recognition and acceptance within the community of the principle of equality
of men and women and of persons of all races and of all persons regardless of
their religious or political conviction, the Commissioner may —
(a)
carry out investigations, research and inquiries relating to discrimination or
sexual or racial harassment of the kinds rendered unlawful under this Act; and
(b)
acquire and disseminate knowledge on all matters relating to the —
(i)
elimination of discrimination on the ground of sex,
marital status or pregnancy, family responsibility or family status, sexual
orientation, race, religious or political conviction, impairment, age or the
publication of relevant details on the Fines Enforcement Registrar’s
website and elimination of discrimination against gender reassigned persons on
gender history grounds; and
(ii)
elimination of sexual harassment and racial harassment at
work, in educational institutions or related to accommodation; and
(iii)
achievement of the principle of equality of men and women
and of persons of all races and all persons regardless of their religious or
political convictions, their impairments or their ages;
and
(c)
arrange and coordinate consultations, inquiries, discussions, seminars and
conferences; and
(d)
review, from time to time, the laws of the State; and
(e)
consult with governmental, business, industrial and community groups in order
to ascertain means of improving services and conditions affecting a person or
persons who are subject to discrimination on the ground of sex, marital status
or pregnancy, family responsibility or family status, sexual orientation,
race, religious or political conviction, impairment, age or the publication of
relevant details on the Fines Enforcement Registrar’s website or who
being a gender reassigned person or persons are subject to discrimination on
gender history grounds or who are subject to sexual or racial harassment; and
(f)
develop programmes and policies promoting the achievement of the principle of
equality between men and women, persons of all races and all persons
regardless of religious or political conviction, impairment or age; and
(fa)
subject to section 167, publish any written reports compiled in the exercise
of the powers conferred on the Commissioner by this section and section 82;
and
(g)
perform —
(i)
any function conferred on the Commissioner by any other
written law;
(ii)
any function conferred on the Commissioner under any
arrangement in force under section 7;
(iii)
any function conferred on the Commissioner under any Act
of the Commonwealth, being a function that is declared by the Minister, by
notice published in the Gazette , to be complementary to other functions of
the Commissioner;
and
(h) do
anything conducive or incidental to the performance of the functions conferred
or imposed on the Commissioner under this section.
[Section 80 amended: No. 40 of 1988 s. 12; No. 74
of 1992 s. 25; No. 57 of 1997 s. 55(4); No. 10 of 1998 s. 33(2); No. 2 of 2000
s. 28; No. 3 of 2002 s. 54; No. 48 of 2012 s. 51.]