Period Products and Facilities (Access) Act 2023

In exercising a function under this Act, the following principles (the principles of dignity) must be taken into account:

a person may experience period poverty as a result of either or both of the following, which, if experienced in combination, may worsen period poverty:

economic disadvantage;

different aspects of the person’s identity, for example, their sexual orientation, gender identity, mental health, nationality, religion or ability;

not every person who menstruates identifies as a woman;

a person accessing period products should—

be given a reasonable amount of privacy; and

have their personal information protected in a way that complies with the Information Privacy Act 2014; and

as far as reasonably practicable, be given the same access to period products as anyone else seeking access to the products, regardless of their identity; and

be able to access period products in a way that avoids humiliation and enables age appropriate participation in decision-making.