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