Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) It is unlawful for a person to commit an act of victimisation against another person.
Note 1: See also subsection 27(2) (offences relating to administration of this Act).
Note 2: See also the definition of unlawful discrimination in the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 .
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person (the first person ) commits an act of victimisation against another person if the first person:
(a) refuses to employ the other person; or
(b) dismisses, or threatens to dismiss, the other person from the other person's employment; or
(c) prejudices, or threatens to prejudice, the other person in the other person's employment; or
(d) intimidates or coerces, or imposes any pecuniary or other penalty upon, the other person;
by reason that the other person:
(e) has made, or proposes to make, a complaint under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or
(f) has given, or proposes to give, any information or documents to a person exercising or performing any powers or functions under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 ; or
(g) has attended, or proposes to attend, a conference held under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 .