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AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ACT 1986 - SECT 16

Inter - governmental arrangements

  (1)   The Minister may make an arrangement with a Minister of a State for or in relation to:

  (a)   the performance on a joint basis of any functions of the Commission;

  (b)   the performance by that State or by an instrumentality of that State on behalf of the Commonwealth of any functions of the Commission; or

  (c)   the performance by the Commission of functions on behalf of that State relating to human rights or to discrimination in employment or occupation.

  (2)   An arrangement under this section may contain such incidental or supplementary provisions as the Minister and the Minister of the State with whom the arrangement is made think necessary.

  (2A)   An act done by or in relation to a State, or an instrumentality of a State, acting (whether on a joint basis or otherwise) under an arrangement made under this section shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Act, the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 , the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 , the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Age Discrimination Act 2004 , to have been done by, or in relation to, the President.

  (3)   The Minister may arrange with the Minister of a State with whom an arrangement is in force under this section for the variation or revocation of the arrangement.

  (4)   An arrangement under this section, or the variation or revocation of such an arrangement, shall be in writing, and a copy of each instrument by which an arrangement under this section is made, varied or revoked shall be published in the Gazette .



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