AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Discrimination Amendment Act 1999
No. 60 of 1999
	
An Act to amend the Discrimination Act 1991
[Notified in ACT Gazette No 45: 10 November 1999]
	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
1 	Name of Act
	This Act is the Discrimination Amendment Act 1999.
2 	Commencement
	This Act commences on the day it is notified in the Gazette.
3 	Act amended
	This Act amends the Discrimination Act 1991.
4 	Grounds
	Section 7 is amended by inserting after paragraph (f) the following paragraph:
	“(fa)	breastfeeding;”.
5 	Heading to Division 2 of Part 4
	The heading to Division 2 of Part 4 is amended by omitting “or pregnancy” and substituting “, pregnancy or breastfeeding”.
6 	Pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding
	Section 37 is amended by omitting “or childbirth” and substituting “, childbirth or breastfeeding”.
7 	Accommodation provided for employees, contract workers or students
	Section 39 is amended by omitting from subsection (1) “or pregnancy” and substituting “, pregnancy or breastfeeding”.
	
Endnote
Act amended
1	Republished as in force on 31 January 1999.  See also Act 1999 No 22.
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 25 August 1999]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1999