Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2009C00395:section:4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2009C00395
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4
Character Range: 1103–2785

4  Arbitrary interferences with privacy

 (1) Sexual conduct involving only consenting adults acting in private is not to be subject, by or under any law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, to any arbitrary interference with privacy within the meaning of Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Note: Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is set out in Schedule 2 to the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986.

 (2) For the purposes of this section, an adult is a person who is 18 years old or more.
Notes to the Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1994

Note 1

The Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1994 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 179, 1994 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts
Act                                                                              Number     Date         Date of commencement              Application, saving or transitional provisions
                                                                                 and year   of Assent
Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1994                                           179, 1994  19 Dec 1994  19 Dec 1994
Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Act 2009  70, 2009   8 July 2009  Schedule 3 (item 39): 5 Aug 2009  —

Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted    am. = amended    rep. = repealed    rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected                                                                             How affected
Note to s. 4(1).............                                                                   am. No. 70, 2009