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2002-2003
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Disability
Discrimination Amendment Bill 2003
No.
,
2003
(Attorney-General)
A
Bill for an Act to amend the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, and for
related purposes
Contents
Disability Discrimination Act
1992 3
Workplace Relations Act
1996 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Disability
Discrimination Act 1992, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Amendment Act
2003.
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the
table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its
terms.
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Commencement information |
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Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by
this table |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedule 1 |
The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal
Assent. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act
as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded
to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part
of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any
published version of this Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
Disability Discrimination
Act 1992
1 After section 54
Insert:
(1) This Part does not render it unlawful for a person to discriminate
against another person on the ground of the other person’s disability
if:
(a) the disability is the other person’s addiction to a prohibited
drug; and
(b) the other person is addicted to the drug at the time of the
discrimination.
Note: This does not affect the operation of this Part in
relation to a disability that is a medical condition (such as HIV infection or
hepatitis C) that may be related to drug addiction.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to discrimination by a person
against another person on the ground of the other person’s disability
if:
(a) the other person’s use of the drug is authorised by a law of the
Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
(b) the other person is undergoing a program, or receiving services, to
treat the addiction to the drug.
(3) In this section:
prohibited drug means a drug within the meaning of regulation
5 of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956.
2 Subsection 170CK(2)
Omit “or (4)”, substitute “, (4) or
(4A)”.
3 After subsection 170CK(4)
Insert:
(4A) Subsection (2) does not prevent a physical or mental disability
referred to in paragraph (2)(f) from being a reason for terminating
employment, if the disability is covered by section 54A of the
Disability Discrimination Act 1992.