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AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ACT 1986 - SECT 33

Application of certain provisions of Division 3

    Subsections   20(3), (4) and (5) and sections   21, 22, 23, 24, 26 and 27 apply in relation to the functions of the Commission set out in section   31, and in relation to the performance of those functions, as if:

  (a)   references in those provisions to acts or practices were references to acts or practices within the meaning of this Division;

  (b)   the words "is inconsistent with or contrary to any human right" were omitted from subsection   20(5) and the words "constitutes discrimination" were substituted;

  (c)   references in section   21 to a matter under examination or inquiry under Division   3 were references to a matter under examination or inquiry under this Division, not being an act mentioned in paragraph   (a), (b), (c) or (d) of the definition of act in subsection   30(1) or a practice mentioned in paragraph   (a), (b), (c) or (d) of the definition of practice in that subsection;

  (d)   the words "is inconsistent with or contrary to any human right" were omitted from sections   26 and 27 and the words "constitutes discrimination" were substituted; and

  (e)   a reference in any of those provisions to another of those provisions were a reference to that other provision as applied by this section.


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