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Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
sec.125Act’s freedom from associated highly objectionable conduct purpose and how it is to be achieved
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### sec.125 Act’s freedom from associated highly objectionable conduct purpose and how it is to be achieved
One of the purposes of the Act is to promote equality of opportunity for everyone by prohibiting and penalising certain highly objectionable conduct that is inconsistent with the other purposes of the Act .
This purpose is to be achieved by—
prohibiting certain conduct; and
allowing a complaint under chapter 7 to be made against a person who has engaged in that conduct; and
making that conduct an offence; and
using the agencies and procedures established under chapter 7 and the relevant tribunal Act to deal with the complaint or offence.
s 125 amd 2009 No. 24 s 1329 ; 2016 No. 63 s 1093
amd 2024 No. 47 s 23 (uncommenced amendment)
(sec.125-ssec.1) One of the purposes of the Act is to promote equality of opportunity for everyone by prohibiting and penalising certain highly objectionable conduct that is inconsistent with the other purposes of the Act .
(sec.125-ssec.2) This purpose is to be achieved by— prohibiting certain conduct; and allowing a complaint under chapter 7 to be made against a person who has engaged in that conduct; and making that conduct an offence; and using the agencies and procedures established under chapter 7 and the relevant tribunal Act to deal with the complaint or offence.
- (a) prohibiting certain conduct; and
- (b) allowing a complaint under chapter 7 to be made against a person who has engaged in that conduct; and
- (c) making that conduct an offence; and
- (d) using the agencies and procedures established under chapter 7 and the relevant tribunal Act to deal with the complaint or offence.