Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2004 - SECT 31

    (1)     International law, and the judgments of foreign and international courts and tribunals, relevant to a human right may be considered in interpreting the human right.

    (2)     In deciding whether material mentioned in subsection (1) or any other material should be considered, and the weight to be given to the material, the following matters must be taken into account:

        (a)     the desirability of being able to rely on the ordinary meaning of this Act, having regard to its purpose and its provisions read in the context of the Act as a whole;

        (b)     the undesirability of prolonging proceedings without compensating advantage;

        (c)     the accessibility of the material to the public.

Note     The matters to be taken into account under this subsection are consistent with those required to be taken into account under the Legislation Act

, s 141 (2).

    (3)     For subsection (2) (c), material in the ACT legislation register is taken to be accessible to the public.