Operation of State and Territory laws that further objects of relevant international instruments
11 Operation of State and Territory laws that further objects of relevant international instruments
A reference in this section to this Act is a reference to this Act as it has effect by virtue of subsection 9(10).
A reference in this section to a law of a State or Territory is a reference to a law of a State or Territory that deals with work health and safety, discrimination on the ground of sex, discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation, discrimination on the ground of gender identity, discrimination on the ground of intersex status, discrimination on the ground of marital or relationship status, discrimination on the ground of pregnancy or potential pregnancy, discrimination on the ground of breastfeeding or discrimination on the ground of family responsibilities.
This Act is not intended to exclude or limit the operation of a law of a State or Territory that furthers the objects of a relevant international instrument and is capable of operating concurrently with this Act.
Where:
a law of a State or Territory that furthers the objects of a relevant international instrument deals with a matter dealt with by this Act; and
a person has made a complaint, instituted a proceeding or taken any other action under that law, other than a claim for workers compensation, in respect of an act or omission in respect of which the person would, but for this subsection, have been entitled to make a complaint under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 alleging that the act or omission is unlawful under a provision of Part II of this Act;
the person is not entitled to make a complaint or institute a proceeding under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 alleging that the act or omission is unlawful under a provision of Part II of this Act.
Where:
a law of a State or Territory that furthers the objects of a relevant international instrument deals with a matter dealt with by this Act; and
an act or omission by a person that constitutes an offence against that law also constitutes an offence against this Act;
the person may be prosecuted and convicted either under that law of the State or Territory or under this Act, but nothing in this subsection renders a person liable to be punished more than once in respect of the same act or omission.
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