Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00366:section:18aa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00366
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 18AA
Character Range: 23160–24492

18AA  Victimisation
 (1) It is unlawful for a person to commit an act of victimisation against another person.
Note 1: See also subsection 27(2) (offences relating to administration of this Act).
Note 2: See also the definition of unlawful discrimination in the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986.
 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person (the first person) commits an act of victimisation against another person if the first person:
 (a) refuses to employ the other person; or
 (b) dismisses, or threatens to dismiss, the other person from the other person's employment; or
 (c) prejudices, or threatens to prejudice, the other person in the other person's employment; or
 (d) intimidates or coerces, or imposes any pecuniary or other penalty upon, the other person;
by reason that the other person:
 (e) has made, or proposes to make, a complaint under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986; or
 (f) has given, or proposes to give, any information or documents to a person exercising or performing any powers or functions under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986; or
 (g) has attended, or proposes to attend, a conference held under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986.

Part IIA—Prohibition of offensive behaviour based on racial hatred