Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION (EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN) AMENDMENT ACT 1989 No. 30 of 1989 - SECT 5

5. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:

"(1) In this section:
'first report', in relation to a relevant
employer, means a public report on the initial
development and implementation of the employer's
affirmative action program;
'subsequent report', in relation to a relevant
employer, means a public report, other than the
first report, on the development and
implementation of the employer's affirmative
action program.

"(1A) A relevant employer, being a higher
education institution that became a relevant
employer in 1987, shall prepare a first report in
respect of the period commencing on 1 August 1988
and ending at the end of 31 December 1989.

"(1B) A relevant employer, being an
amalgamated institution that became or becomes a
relevant employer on a day other than 1 January,
shall prepare a first report in respect of the
period commencing on the operative day for the
relevant employer and ending at the end of the
calendar year following the calendar year during
which the institution became or becomes a
relevant employer.

"(1C) A relevant employer, other than a
relevant employer to whom subsection (1A) or (1B)
applies, shall prepare a first report in respect
of the period of 12 months commencing on the
operative day for the relevant employer.

"(1D) A relevant employer, being a higher
education institution that was a relevant
employer on the commencement of this Act, shall
prepare a subsequent report:

   (a)  in respect of the period commencing on 1
October 1988 and ending at the end of 31 December
1989; and

   (b)  in respect of each subsequent calendar
year.

"(1E) A relevant employer, being a higher
education institution that became a relevant
employer after the commencement of this Act and
before 1 January 1987, shall prepare a subsequent
report:

   (a)  in respect of the period commencing on 1
August 1988 and ending at the end of 31 December
1989; and

   (b)  in respect of each subsequent calendar
year.

"(1F) A relevant employer, being a higher
education institution that became a relevant
employer in 1987, shall prepare a subsequent
report:

   (a)  in respect of the year commencing on 1
January 1990; and

   (b)  in respect of each subsequent calendar
year.

"(1G) A relevant employer that is an
amalgamated institution shall prepare a
subsequent report in respect of each calendar
year subsequent to the period in respect of which
its first report was prepared.

"(1H) A relevant employer, other than a
relevant employer to whom subsection (1D), (1E),

(1F) or (1G) applies, shall prepare a subsequent
report in respect of each period of 12 months
commencing on the anniversary of the operative
day in respect of the relevant employer.

"(1J) Where:

   (a)  an institution has ceased to exist because
it has been amalgamated with one or more
institutions to establish an amalgamated
institution; and

   (b)  immediately before the amalgamation the
first-mentioned institution was a relevant
employer;
the amalgamated institution shall cause to be
prepared a report on the development and
implementation of the affirmative action program
of the first-mentioned institution in respect of
the period commencing:

   (c)  if paragraph (d) does not apply-at the
commencement of the period immediately following
the period in respect of which the
first-mentioned institution last prepared a
report under this section; or

   (d)  if the first-mentioned institution had not
prepared any report under this section-on the
operative day for the first-mentioned
institution;
and ending at the end of the day on which the
first-mentioned institution ceased to exist.";

   (b)  by omitting from subsection (2) "public report" and substituting
        "report under this section";

   (c)  by omitting from subsection (3) "public report under subsection (1)"
        and substituting "report under this section".