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DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992 - SECT 42

Victimisation

  (1)   It is an offence for a person to commit an act of victimisation against another person.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 6 months.

  (2)   For the purposes of subsection   (1), a person is taken to commit an act of victimisation against another person if the first - mentioned person subjects, or threatens to subject, the other person to any detriment on the ground that the other person:

  (a)   has made, or proposes to make, a complaint under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or

  (b)   has brought, or proposes to bring, proceedings under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 against any person; or

  (c)   has given, or proposes to give, any information, or has produced, or proposes to produce, any documents to a person exercising or performing any power or function under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or

  (d)   has attended, or proposes to attend, a conference held under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or

  (e)   has appeared, or proposes to appear, as a witness in a proceeding under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or

  (f)   has reasonably asserted, or proposes to assert, any rights of the person or the rights of any other person under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or

  (g)   has made an allegation that a person has done an act that is unlawful by reason of a provision of this Part;

or on the ground that the first - mentioned person believes that the other person has done, or proposes to do, an act or thing referred to in any of paragraphs   (a) to (g) (inclusive).


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