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SEX DISCRIMINATION ACT 1984 - SECT 28A

Meaning of sexual harassment

             (1)  For the purposes of this Division, a person sexually harasses another person (the person harassed ) if:

                     (a)  the person makes an unwelcome sexual advance, or an unwelcome request for sexual favours, to the person harassed; or

                     (b)  engages in other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature in relation to the person harassed;

in circumstances in which a reasonable person, having regard to all the circumstances, would have anticipated that the person harassed would be offended, humiliated or intimidated.

             (2)  In this section:

"conduct of a sexual nature" includes making a statement of a sexual nature to a person, or in the presence of a person, whether the statement is made orally or in writing.



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