Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DISCRIMINATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 1996 (NO 67 OF 1996)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I--PRELIMINARY SHORT TITLE

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Discrimination (Amendment) Act 1996.  
   3.      In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Discrimination Act 1991.1  

   PART II--AMENDMENTS OF PRINCIPAL ACT INTERPRETATION

   4.      Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   5.      Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   6.      After section 26 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:  
   7.      Section 30 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (1) (d) and substituting the following paragraph:  
   8.      Section 31 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) “members of the body” and substituting “persons, whether those persons are members of the body or otherwise”.  
   9.      Section 53 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:  
   10.     Part VIII of the Principal Act is repealed and the following Part substituted:  

   PART VIII--COMPLAINTS

   11.     After Part IX of the Principal Act the following Part is inserted:  

   PART IXA--DISCRIMINATION TRIBUNAL

   12.     After section 118 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:  
   13.     Section 120 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “72, 73, 81” and substituting “80”.  
   14.     Section 121 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:  
   15.     Section 122 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definition of “person to whom this section applies” from subsection (1) and substituting the following definition:“ ‘person to whom this sections applies' means a person who is, or has been—  

   PART III--TRANSITIONAL INTERPRETATION

   16.     In this Part—“commencement date” means the date on which section 10 commences.  
   17.     (1) Any complaint made to the Commissioner which had not commenced to be heard by way of public hearing or in relation to which conciliation had not commenced immediately before the commencement date shall be dealt with in accordance with the Principal Act as amended by this Act.  
   18.     (1) Where, immediately before the commencement date, conciliation had commenced in relation to a complaint, the conciliation shall continue until such time as—  
   19.     If, immediately before the commencement date—  
   20.     (1) Notwithstanding the amendments of the Principal Act effected by this Act, the Principal Act as in force immediately before the commencement date continues to apply in relation to a complaint in respect of which the Commissioner had commenced a public hearing but had not given a direction or dismissed the complaint under section 90 of the Principal Act before the commencement date.  
   22.     Notwithstanding the amendments of the Principal Act effected by this Act, section 94 of the Principal Act as in force immediately before the commencement date continues to apply in relation to directions or other decisions referred to in that section.  
   23.     (1) Where—  
   24.     (1) In this section—“direction” means a direction given by the Commissioner under subsection 89 (1) of the Principal Act that was in force immediately before the commencement date.  
   25.     Where—