13Operation of State and Territory laws

#### 13 Operation of State and Territory laws (1) A reference in this section to this Act is a reference to this Act as it has effect because of a provision of section 12. (2) A reference in this section to a law of a State or Territory is a reference to a law of a State or Territory that deals with discrimination on the grounds of disability. (3) This Act is not intended to exclude or limit the operation of a law of a State or Territory that is capable of operating concurrently with this Act. (3A) Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to Division 2A of Part 2 (Disability standards). (4) If: (a) a law of a State or Territory relating to discrimination deals with a matter dealt with by this Act (including a matter dealt with by a disability standard); and (b) a person has made a complaint or initiated a proceeding under that law in respect of an act or omission in respect of which the person would, apart from this subsection, have been entitled to make a complaint under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 alleging that the act or omission is unlawful under a provision of Part 2 of this Act; the person is not entitled to make a complaint or institute a proceeding under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 alleging that the act or omission is unlawful under a provision of Part 2 of this Act. (5) If: (a) a law of a State or Territory deals with a matter dealt with by this Act (including a matter dealt with by a disability standard); and (b) an act or omission by a person that constitutes an offence against that law also constitutes an offence against this Act; the person may be prosecuted and convicted either under that law of the State or Territory or under this Act, but nothing in this subsection renders a person liable to be punished more than once in respect of the same act or omission.