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Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021

2019-2020-2021

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021

 

No.      , 2021

 

(Attorney-General)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to deal with consequential matters arising from the enactment of the Religious Discrimination Act 2021 , and for related purposes

   

   



Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2

Schedule 1—Amendments consequential on the enactment of the Religious Discrimination Act 2021                                                                                                                    3

Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986                                                    3

Civil Aviation Act 1988                                                                                                4

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                      5

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986                                      5

Sea Installations Act 1987                                                                                           6

Schedule 2—Contingent amendments                                                                       7

Religious Discrimination Act 2021                                                                            7

 

 



A Bill for an Act to deal with consequential matters arising from the enactment of the Religious Discrimination Act 2021 , and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Act 2021 .

2   Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

2.  Schedule 1

At the same time as the Religious Discrimination Act 2021 commences.

 

3.  Schedule 2

The later of:

(a) immediately after the commencement of the Religious Discrimination Act 2021 ; and

(b) immediately after the commencement of Division 2 of Part 2 of the Equal Opportunity (Religious Exceptions) Amendment Act 2021 (Vic.).

However, the provisions do not commence at all unless both of the events mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) occur.

 

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3   Schedules

                   Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.