Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION ACT 1986 - SECT 30

             (1)  In this Division:

"act" includes an act done:

                     (a)  by or on behalf of a State or an authority of a State;

                     (b)  under a law of a State;

                     (c)  wholly within a State; or

                     (d)  partly within a State, to the extent to which the act was done within a State.

"practice" includes a practice engaged in:

                     (a)  by or on behalf of a State or an authority of a State;

                     (b)  under a law of a State;

                     (c)  wholly within a State; or

                     (d)  partly within a State, to the extent to which the practice was or is engaged in within a State.

          (1A)  In this Division, a reference to an act or practice that constitutes discrimination includes a reference to an act that is an offence under subsection 26(2).

             (2)  This Division binds the Crown in right of a State.