[pic]

Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1994

Act No. 179 of 1994 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 5 August 2009
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 70 of 2009

The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra



Contents
           1     Short title [see Note 1]    1
           2     Commencement [see Note 1]   1
           3     Act extends to external Territories     1
           4     Arbitrary interferences with privacy    1

Notes 3
An Act to implement Australia's international obligations under Article 17
of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

1  Short title [see Note 1]

            This Act may be cited as the Human Rights (Sexual Conduct)
         Act 1994.

2  Commencement [see Note 1]

            This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
         Assent.

3  Act extends to external Territories

            This Act extends to every external Territory.

4  Arbitrary interferences with privacy

      (1)   Sexual conduct involving only consenting adults acting in
         private is not to be subject, by or under any law of the
         Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, to any arbitrary interference
         with privacy within the meaning of Article 17 of the International
         Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

         Note:    Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and
                Political Rights is set out in Schedule 2 to the Australian
                Human Rights Commission Act 1986.

      (2)   For the purposes of this section, an adult is a person who is
         18 years old or more.
Notes to the Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1994

Note 1


The Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1994 as shown in this compilation
comprises Act No. 179, 1994 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

|Act             |Number  |Date     |Date of    |Applica|
|                |and year|of Assent|commencemen|tion,  |
|                |        |         |t          |saving |
|                |        |         |           |or     |
|                |        |         |           |transit|
|                |        |         |           |ional  |
|                |        |         |           |provisi|
|                |        |         |           |ons    |
|Human Rights    |179,    |19 Dec   |19 Dec 1994|       |
|(Sexual Conduct)|1994    |1994     |           |       |
|Act 1994        |        |         |           |       |
|Disability      |70, 2009|8 July   |Schedule 3 |-      |
|Discrimination  |        |2009     |(item 39): |       |
|and Other Human |        |         |5 Aug 2009 |       |
|Rights          |        |         |           |       |
|Legislation     |        |         |           |       |
|Amendment Act   |        |         |           |       |
|2009            |        |         |           |       |
Table of Amendments

|ad. = added or inserted    am. = amended    rep. =    |
|repealed    rs. = repealed and substituted            |
|Provision affected|How affected                        |
|Note to s. 4(1)   |am. No. 70, 2009                    |