Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 - SECT 6

Application

6. Application



(1) Only persons have human rights. All persons have the human rights set out
in Part 2.

Note Corporations do not have human rights.

(2) This Charter applies to-

   (a)  the Parliament, to the extent that the Parliament has functions under
        Divisions 1 and 2 of Part 3; and

   (b)  courts and tribunals, to the extent that they have functions under
        Part 2 and Division 3 of Part 3; and

   (c)  public authorities, to the extent that they have functions under
        Division 4 of Part 3.

(3) Subsection (2) does not take away from or limit-

   (a)  any other function conferred by this Charter on an entity specified in
        subsection (2); or

   (b)  any function conferred on any other entity by this Charter.

(4) This Charter binds the Crown in right of Victoria and, so far as the
legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Crown in all its other
capacities.

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