Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 - SECT 67

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person intentionally carries out an act; and

        (b)     the person is reckless about whether the act is a public act; and

        (c)     the act is a threatening act; and

        (d)     the person is reckless about whether the act incites hatred towards, serious contempt for, or severe ridicule of, a person or group of people on the ground of any of the following characteristics of the person or members of the group:

              (i)     race;

              (ii)     sexuality;

              (iii)     transsexuality;

              (iv)     HIV/AIDS status.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     For subsection (1) (c), an act is a threatening act only if the person carrying it out—

        (a)     by the act, intentionally threatens physical harm towards, or towards any property of, the person, or members of the group, mentioned in subsection (1) (d); or

        (b)     is reckless about whether the act incites others to threaten such physical harm.