s 4

Arbitrary interferences with privacy

In force

(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

and year Date

of Assent Date of commencement Application, saving or transitional provisions

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 = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted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

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