Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This Part does not exclude or limit the operation of a law of a State or Territory that is capable of operating concurrently with this Part.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), this Part does not exclude or limit the concurrent operation of a law of a State or Territory to the extent that:
(a) the law makes an act or omission:
(i) an offence; or
(ii) subject to a civil penalty; and
(b) that (or any similar) act or omission constitutes a contravention of a civil remedy provision of this Part.
(3) Without limiting subsection (1), this Part does not exclude or limit the concurrent operation of a law of a State or Territory to the extent that the law allows an application to be made to a person, court or body:
(a) for an order or other direction (however described) to prevent a person from being sexually harassed; or
(b) to deal with a dispute relating to an allegation that a person has been sexually harassed (whether or not by arbitration).
For this purpose, it is irrelevant whether:
(c) sexual harassment has a different meaning for the purposes of the law to the meaning it has for the purposes of this Act; or
(d) the law describes the conduct prevented, or to which the dispute relates, as sexual harassment.
Note 1: An order made under this Part, or under Division 2 of Part 4 - 1 in relation to a contravention of this Part, will prevail over any order or other direction made by a person, court or body under a law of a State or Territory, to the extent of any inconsistency.
Note 2: Generally, section 734B prevents multiple applications or complaints under both this Act and State and Territory anti - discrimination laws in relation to the same conduct.
(4) Section 26 has effect subject to this section.