Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 - SECT 4

The objects of this Act are—

        (a)     to eliminate discrimination to the greatest extent possible; and

        (b)     to promote and protect the right to equality before the law under the Human Rights Act 2004

, including—

              (i)     the right to enjoy a person's human rights without distinction or discrimination of any kind; and

              (ii)     the right to the equal protection of the law without discrimination; and

              (iii)     the right to equal and effective protection against discrimination on any ground; and

        (c)     to encourage the identification and elimination of systemic causes of discrimination; and

        (d)     to promote and facilitate the progressive realisation of equality, as far as reasonably practicable, by recognising that—

              (i)     discrimination can cause social and economic disadvantage and that access opportunities are not equitably distributed throughout society; and

              (ii)     equal application of a rule to different groups can have unequal results or outcomes; and

              (iii)     the achievement of substantive equality may require the making of reasonable adjustments, reasonable accommodation and the taking of special measures.