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(1) Without limiting section 176, in exercising any of its powers under this Division, the AFPC is to:
(a) apply the principle that men and women should receive equal remuneration for work of equal value; and
(b) have regard to the need to provide pro‑rata disability pay methods for employees with disabilities; and
(c) take account of the principles embodied in the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 , the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 , the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Age Discrimination Act 2004 relating to discrimination in relation to employment; and
(d) take account of the principles embodied in the Family Responsibilities Convention, in particular those relating to:
(i) preventing discrimination against workers who have family responsibilities; or
(ii) helping workers to reconcile their employment and family responsibilities; and
(e) ensure that its decisions do not contain provisions that discriminate because of, or for reasons including, race, colour, sex, sexual preference, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin.
(2) For the purposes of the Acts referred to in paragraph (1)(c), and of paragraph (1)(e), the AFPC does not discriminate against an employee or employees by (in accordance with this Division):
(a) adjusting rate provisions in an APCS that determine a basic periodic rate of pay for:
(i) all junior employees, or a class of junior employees; or
(ii) all employees with a disability, or a class of employees with a disability; or
(iii) all employees to whom training arrangements apply, or a class of employees to whom training arrangements apply; or
(b) adjusting a special FMW for all employees with a disability, or a class of employees with a disability.
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