Commonwealth Numbered Acts

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (COMMONWEALTH AUTHORITIES) ACT 1987 No. 20 of 1987 - SECT 5

5. (1) A relevant authority shall commence the development and implementation
of a program on the operative day.

(2) The operative day is:

   (a)  in relation to an authority that is a relevant authority on 1 July
        1987 or such later day as is prescribed-that day or that later day;
        and

   (b)  in any other case-the day on which an authority becomes a relevant
        authority.

(3) A reference in paragraph (2) (b) to an authority becoming a relevant
authority on a particular day includes a reference to an authority that comes
into existence on that day.

(4) Where, at any time, an authority ceases to be a relevant authority because
the number of employees employed by it in Australia falls below 40, this Act
continues to apply to the authority as if the authority was a
relevant authority unless and until the number of employees employed by it in
Australia falls below 30.