AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Discrimination Amendment Act (No 2) 1999
No. 83 of 1999

An Act to amend the Discrimination Act 1991
[Notified in ACT Gazette S65: 23 December 1999]
	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
1 	Name of Act
	This Act is the Discrimination Amendment Act (No 2) 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 	Measures intended to achieve equality
Section 27 is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:
“(2) 	However, subsection (1) does not make it lawful to do an act for a purpose mentioned in that subsection if the act discriminates against a member of the relevant class in a way that is irrelevant to the achievement of that purpose.”.

Endnote
Act amended
1	Republished as in force on 31 January 1999.  See also Acts 1999 Nos 22 and 60.
[Presentation speech made in Assembly  on 16 November 1999]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1999