Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
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38R Definition
38R Definition
In this Division—
public act includes—
(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, or
(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, or
(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—
(i) a person on the ground that the person is a transgender person, or
(ii) a group of persons on the ground that the members of the group are transgender persons.
s 38R: Ins 1996 No 22, Sch 1 [4].