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HUMAN RIGHTS (SEXUAL CONDUCT) ACT 1994 - SECT 4 Arbitrary interferences with privacy

HUMAN RIGHTS (SEXUAL CONDUCT) ACT 1994 - SECT 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
and year

Date
of Assent

Date of commencement

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act   1994

179 , 1994

19 Dec 1994

19 Dec 1994

 

Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Act 2009

70, 2009

8 July 2009

Schedule 3 (item   39): 5 Aug 2009

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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 = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted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