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ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1977 - SECT 20B Definition of "public act"

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1977 - SECT 20B

Definition of "public act"

20B Definition of "public act"

In this Division,
"public act" includes--

(a) any form of communication to the public, including speaking, writing, printing, displaying notices, broadcasting, telecasting, screening and playing of tapes or other recorded material, and
(b) any conduct (not being a form of communication referred to in paragraph (a)) observable by the public, including actions and gestures and the wearing or display of clothing, signs, flags, emblems and insignia, and
(c) the distribution or dissemination of any matter to the public with knowledge that the matter promotes or expresses hatred towards, serious contempt for, or severe ridicule of, a person or group of persons on the ground of the race of the person or members of the group.