Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
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88 Vilification complaints
88 Vilification complaints
A vilification complaint cannot be made unless each person on whose behalf the complaint is made—
(a) has the characteristic that was the ground for the conduct that constitutes the alleged contravention, or
(b) claims to have that characteristic and there is no sufficient reason to doubt that claim.
s 88: Am 1981 No 15, Sch 2 (20); 1982 No 142, Schs 3 (9), 4 (19); 1989 No 48, Sch 1 (3); 1993 No 97, Sch 1 (3); 1994 No 28, Schs 4 (27), 5 (32). Subst 2004 No 79, Sch 1 [3].