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Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
20BDefinition of “public act”
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#### 20B Definition of “public act”
20B Definition of “public act”
> In this Division, public act includes—
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> > (a) any form of communication to the public, including speaking, writing, printing, displaying notices, broadcasting, telecasting, screening and playing of tapes or other recorded material, and
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> > (b) any conduct (not being a form of communication referred to in paragraph (a)) observable by the public, including actions and gestures and the wearing or display of clothing, signs, flags, emblems and insignia, and
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> > (c) the distribution or dissemination of any matter to the public with knowledge that the matter promotes or expresses hatred towards, serious contempt for, or severe ridicule of, a person or group of persons on the ground of the race of the person or members of the group.
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> **s 20B:** Ins 1989 No 48, Sch 1 (1).