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Queensland
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1994
Queensland
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION AMENDMENT
BILL 1994
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Acts amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 14 (Discrimination in the pre-work area) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Amendment of s 15 (Discrimination in work area) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
7 Replacement of s 32 (Compulsory retirement age) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
32 Retiring age for partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Amendment of s 64 (Application of Commonwealth occupational
superannuation standard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
9 Amendment of s 65 (Compliance etc. with Commonwealth legislation) . . 6
10 Insertion of new s 106A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
106A Compulsory retirement age under legislation etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
11 Replacement of s 267 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
267 Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 Insertion of new s 268 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
268 Transitional provisions about compulsory age retirement . . . . . . . . 8
13 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
MINOR AMENDMENTS
BUILDING SOCIETIES ACT 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
COAL AND OIL SHALE MINE WORKERS'
SUPERANNUATION ACT 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
CORRECTIVE SERVICES (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1988 . . . . . . . . . . 10
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CROWN EMPLOYEES ACT 1958 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTRES ACT 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
JUDGES (SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES) ACT 1967 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
LANG PARK TRUST ACT 1962 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
MINES REGULATION ACT 1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER ACT 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE ACT 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT COMMISSION ACT 1990 . . . . . . . . 13
PUBLIC SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT ACT 1988 . . 13
QUEENSLAND LAW SOCIETY ACT 1952 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
RETAIL SHOP LEASES ACT 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SOLICITOR-GENERAL ACT 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SUGAR INDUSTRY ACT 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SURVEYORS ACT 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1994
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, and for related
purposes
s1 4 s6
Anti-Discrimination Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
1. This Act may be cited as the Anti-Discrimination Amendment Act 3
1994. 4
5
Commencement
2. This Act commences on 1 July 1994. 6
amended 7
Acts
3. This Act amends the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 and the Acts 8
mentioned in the Schedule. 9
of s 4 (Definitions) 10
Amendment
4. Section 4-- 11
insert-- 12
` "forced retirement" includes engaging in conduct with a view to causing 13
a person to retire from particular work because of the person's age;'. 14
of s 14 (Discrimination in the pre-work area) 15
Amendment
5. Section 14(1)(c)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(c) in the terms of work that is offered, including, for example, a 18
term about when the work will end because of a person's age; 19
or'. 20
of s 15 (Discrimination in work area) 21
Amendment
6. Section 15-- 22
s7 5 s8
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insert-- 1
`(3) In this section-- 2
"dismissing" includes ending the particular work of a person by forced 3
retirement, failure to provide work or otherwise.'. 4
of s 32 (Compulsory retirement age) 5
Replacement
7. Section 32-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
age for partners 8
`Retiring
`32.(1) It is not unlawful in deciding who should be invited to become a 9
partner in a partnership for a person to discriminate on the basis of age 10
against someone else through a requirement that the other person-- 11
(a) must not be more than a specified age; or 12
(b) must retire from a partnership at a specified age. 13
`(2) It is not unlawful in any variation of the terms of a partnership for a 14
person to discriminate on the basis of age against someone else through a 15
requirement that the other person-- 16
(a) must not be more than a specified age; or 17
(b) must retire from a partnership at a specified age. 18
`(3) This section has effect despite section 291(2)(b)(iv) of the Industrial 19
Relations Act 1990.'. 20
of s 64 (Application of Commonwealth occupational 21
Amendment
superannuation standard) 22
8. Section 64, `Occupational Superannuation Standards Act 1987 of the 23
Commonwealth'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`Occupational Superannuation Standards Act 1987 (Cwlth) or 26
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (Cwlth)'. 27
s9 6 s 10
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of s 65 (Compliance etc. with Commonwealth legislation) 1
Amendment
9. Section 65(a)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(a) to comply with a Commonwealth Act (other than the 4
Occupational Superannuation Standards Act 1987 or 5
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993); or'. 6
of new s 106A 7
Insertion
10. After section 106-- 8
insert-- 9
retirement age under legislation etc. 10
`Compulsory
`106A.(1) This Act has no effect on the imposition of a compulsory 11
retirement age on-- 12
(a) a Supreme Court Judge; or 13
(b) a District Court Judge; or 14
(c) a Magistrate; or 15
(d) a member of the Land Court; or 16
(e) the President of the Industrial Court; or 17
(f) an Industrial Commissioner under the Industrial Relations Act 18
1990; or 19
(g) the Commissioner of Fire Service; or 20
(h) a fire officer within the meaning of the Fire Service Act 1990; or 21
(i) the chief executive of Queensland Railways; or 22
(j) an employee of Queensland Railways; or 23
(k) a police officer; or 24
(l) a staff member within the meaning of Statute No. 14 (Staff 25
tenure) made under the University of Queensland Act 1965 while 26
provisions under the Statute about compulsory retirement age are 27
in force; or 28
(m) a director of a public company or subsidiary of a public company; 29
s 11 7 s 11
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or 1
(n) another person prescribed by regulation. 2
`(2) Subsection (1) applies if the compulsory retirement age is imposed 3
on or before 30 June 1994 under-- 4
(a) an Act; or 5
(b) an award, certified agreement, enterprise flexibility agreement or 6
industrial agreement within the meaning of the Industrial 7
Relations Act 1990; or 8
(c) a policy, standard or other instrument of a unit of the public sector 9
applying to an employee of the unit. 10
`(3) If the compulsory retirement age is imposed under something 11
mentioned in subsection (2)(b) or (c), then, by force of this subsection, a 12
person mentioned in subsection (1) is required, and is taken always to have 13
been required, to retire in accordance with the compulsory retirement age 14
imposed.'. 15
of s 267 (Regulations) 16
Replacement
11. Section 267-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
19
`Regulations
`267.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act. 20
`(2) A regulation may make provision about-- 21
(a) the exercise of the Commissioner's powers; and 22
(b) the Tribunal's procedure; and 23
(c) the fees to be paid for making a complaint under Chapter 7 24
(Enforcement); and 25
(d) costs; and 26
(e) the fees and expenses to be paid to a person appearing as a 27
witness in a proceeding under the Act. 28
`(3) A regulation may provide that contravention of a regulation is an 29
s 12 8 s 12
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offence and prescribe a maximum penalty for the offence of not more than 1
20 penalty units.'. 2
of new s 268 3
Insertion
12. After section 267-- 4
insert-- 5
provisions about compulsory age retirement 6
`Transitional
`268.(1) Subject to section 106A (Compulsory retirement age under 7
legislation etc.), a provision of-- 8
(a) a previous industrial order; or 9
(b) a previous industrial agreement; or 10
(c) a previous public sector policy; 11
is of no effect so far as it requires, or requires or authorises the compelling 12
of, a worker to retire on or after reaching a particular age. 13
`(2) If a compulsory retirement age is-- 14
(a) set for a person on or before 30 June 1994 under section 32(1) 15
(Compulsory retirement age) as in force on that day; or 16
(b) specified for a person under a previous agreement; 17
then, by force of this subsection, the person is required, and is taken always 18
to have been required, to retire in accordance with the compulsory 19
retirement age set or specified unless the compulsory retirement age is 20
subsequently waived by the relevant parties. 21
`(3) Subject to section 106A, a previous provision of an Act is of no 22
effect so far as it has the effect, apart from this subsection, of disqualifying, 23
or requiring or authorising the disqualification of, a person from applying 24
for or being appointed to an office or position or other work because the 25
person has reached a particular age. 26
`(4) Subject to section 106A, a previous provision of an Act is of no 27
effect so far as it requires, or requires or authorises the compelling of, a 28
person to end work on or after reaching a particular age. 29
`(5) Subsections (1), (3) and (4) have effect despite section 106 (Acts 30
done in compliance with legislation etc.). 31
s 13 9 s 13
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`(6) In this section-- 1
"previous agreement" means any agreement in existence on 30 June 1994 2
other than a previous industrial agreement; 3
"previous industrial agreement" means a certified agreement, enterprise 4
flexibility agreement or industrial agreement within the meaning of the 5
Industrial Relations Act 1990 in force on 30 June 1994; 6
"previous industrial order" means an order or award of a court or 7
tribunal having power to fix minimum wages and other terms of 8
employment in force on 30 June 1994. 9
"previous provision of an Act" means a provision of an Act in force on 10
30 June 1994; 11
"previous public sector policy" means a policy, standard or other 12
instrument of a unit of the public sector applying to an employee of the 13
unit in force on 30 June 1994.'. 14
15
Repeal
13. The Public Office (Age Qualification) Act 1985 is repealed. 16
17
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CHEDULE 1
¡S
INOR AMENDMENTS 2
M
section 3 3
BUILDING SOCIETIES ACT 1985 4
´
1. Section 138(4), 2nd sentence-- 5
omit. 6
OAL AND OIL SHALE MINE WORKERS' 7
´C
SUPERANNUATION ACT 1989 8
1. Section 14-- 9
omit. 10
ORRECTIVE SERVICES (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 11
´C
1988 12
1. Section 40(1)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`40.(1) An officer of the Commission may elect to retire on or after 15
turning 50.'. 16
11
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SCHEDULE (continued)
CROWN EMPLOYEES ACT 1958 1
´
1. Section 3(2) and (3)(a)-- 2
omit. 3
ISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTRES ACT 1990 4
´D
1. Section 2.7(d)-- 5
omit. 6
JUDGES (SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES) ACT 1967 7
´
1. Section 7(1)(e)-- 8
omit. 9
LANG PARK TRUST ACT 1962 10
´
1. Section 3(7)-- 11
omit. 12
2. Section 4(b)-- 13
omit. 14
3. Section 4D(1), `shall,' to `65 years'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`may appoint a person'. 17
12
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SCHEDULE (continued)
4. Section 4D(2), `and shall' to `65 years'-- 1
omit. 2
5. Section 4D(4)-- 3
omit. 4
INES REGULATION ACT 1964 5
´M
1. Section 9(1), 2nd sentence, `but,' to `membership of the Board'-- 6
omit. 7
2. Section 18(2)(b)-- 8
omit. 9
ARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER ACT 1974 10
´P
1. Section 5(4)-- 11
omit. 12
2. Section 7(10), `or has attained the age of 65 years'-- 13
omit. 14
3. Section 8(5), `or has attained the age of 65 years'-- 15
omit. 16
13
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SCHEDULE (continued)
4. Section 10(9), `unless the officer has attained the age of 65 years,'-- 1
omit. 2
ARLIAMENTARY SERVICE ACT 1988 3
´P
1. Section 18(3) and (4)-- 4
omit. 5
2. Section 37(1)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`37.(1) An officer of, or an employee in, the Parliamentary Service may 8
elect to retire from the Parliamentary Service on or after turning 55.'. 9
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT COMMISSION 10
´
ACT 1990 11
1. Section 2.7(1)(b), `if the person has not attained the age of 65 12
years,'-- 13
omit. 14
PUBLIC SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND 15
´
EMPLOYMENT ACT 1988 16
1. Section 26(1)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`26.(1) An officer of the public service may elect to retire from the public 19
service-- 20
(a) on or after turning 55; or 21
14
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SCHEDULE (continued)
(b) under the regulations or the standards or under a voluntary early 1
retirement scheme approved by the Governor in Council.'. 2
UEENSLAND LAW SOCIETY ACT 1952 3
´Q
1. Section 6B(3)(b)-- 4
omit. 5
2. Section 6P(3)(b)-- 6
omit. 7
3. Section 36I(3)(b)-- 8
omit. 9
RETAIL SHOP LEASES ACT 1984 10
´
1. Section 29(3)(b)-- 11
omit. 12
SOLICITOR-GENERAL ACT 1985 13
´
1. Section 5(3)(b)-- 14
omit. 15
2. Section 17(1)-- 16
omit. 17
15
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SCHEDULE (continued)
UGAR INDUSTRY ACT 1991 1
´S
1. Section 6.2(a)-- 2
omit. 3
URVEYORS ACT 1977 4
´S
1. Section 9-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Qualification of members 7
`9(1) If under section 8 (Members of Board) a nominee for membership 8
of the Board is required to be a surveyor, the nominee must have been 9
registered as a surveyor for an aggregate total of at least 5 years. 10
`(2) In this section-- 11
"registered" as a surveyor means registered under this Act or the repealed 12
Acts or both.'. 13
2. Section 14(3)(a), `attaining the age of 70 years or'-- 14
omit. 15
WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT 1990 16
´
1. Section 3.7(1)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`3.7(1) The office of a Board member becomes vacant if the member-- 19
(a) dies; or 20
(b) resigns from office by signed notice of resignation given to the 21
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SCHEDULE (continued)
Minister; or 1
(c) is absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the Board without the 2
Board's leave and without reasonable excuse; or 3
(d) becomes disqualified in a way prescribed by regulation; or 4
(e) is removed from office by the Governor in Council.'. 5
6
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