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Equal Opportunity Amendment Act 2007
No. 16 of 2007
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Purpose 1
2 Commencement 2
3 Definitions 2
4 Attributes 3
5 Repeal of Act 3
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Equal Opportunity Amendment Act
2007 †
No. 16 of 2007
[Assented to 29 May 2007]
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
1 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to make amendments to
the Equal Opportunity Act 1995 to include a
new attribute of employment activity on the basis
of which discrimination is prohibited.
Victoria
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2 Commencement
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into
operation on a day to be proclaimed.
(2) If this Act does not come into operation before
31 March 2008, it comes into operation on that
day.
3 Definitions
In section 4(1) of the Equal Opportunity
Act 1995 insert the following definitions—
"employment activity means an employee in his or
her individual capacity—
(a) making a reasonable request to his or
her employer, orally or in writing, for
information regarding his or her
employment entitlements; or
(b) communicating to his or her employer,
orally or in writing, the employee's
concern that he or she has not been, is
not being or will not be, given some or
all of his or her employment
entitlements;
employment entitlements, in relation to an
employee, means the employee's rights and
entitlements under an applicable—
(a) contract of service, including a
workplace agreement, employment
agreement or award within the meaning
of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 of
the Commonwealth; or
(b) contract for services; or
(c) Act or enactment; or
(d) law of the Commonwealth;".
s. 2
See:
Act No.
42/1995.
Reprint No. 4
as at
3 April 2003
and
amending
Act Nos
108/2004,
18/2005,
25/2006,
43/2006,
79/2006 and
80/2006.
LawToday:
www.
legislation.
vic.gov.au
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4 Attributes
After section 6(c) of the Equal Opportunity Act
1995 insert—
"(ca) employment activity;".
5 Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on 31 March 2009.
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ENDNOTES
† Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 19 April 2007
Legislative Council: 3 May 2007
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the
Equal Opportunity Act 1995 to include a new attribute of employment
activity on the basis of which discrimination is prohibited and for other
purposes."
Ensdnotes
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