49ZDDefinitions

49ZD Definitions

49ZD Definitions

In this part—

public act includes—

(a) a form of communication to the public, including speaking, writing, printing, displaying notices, broadcasting, telecasting, screening and playing of tapes or other recorded material, and

(b) conduct, not being a form of communication referred to in paragraph (a), observable by the public, including—

(i) actions and gestures, and

(ii) the wearing or display of clothing, signs, flags, emblems and insignia, and

(c) the distribution or dissemination of matter to the public with knowledge the matter promotes or expresses hatred towards, serious contempt for or severe ridicule of—

(i) a person on the ground the person has, or does not have, a religious belief or affiliation, or

(ii) a person on the ground the person engages, or does not engage, in religious activity, or

(iii) a group of persons on the ground the members of the group have, or do not have, a religious belief or affiliation, or

(iv) a group of persons on the ground the members of the group engage, or do not engage, in religious activity.

s 49ZD: Ins 1982 No 142, Sch 1 (4). Rep 1994 No 28, Sch 3 (2). Ins 2023 No 15, Sch 1.