Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Grounds of Discrimination) Regulation 2019

Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Grounds of Discrimination) Regulation 2019

Select Legislative Instrument No. , 2019

I, ElectrumNS, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986.

Dated 8 May 2019

ElectrumNS

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

PM-ME-SPRINKLES

Attorney-General

Contents

1 Name of regulation 1

2 Commencement 1

3 Authority 1

4 Schedule(s) 2

Schedule 1—Amendments 3

Australian Human Rights Commission Regulations 1989 3

1 Name of regulation

This regulation is the Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Grounds of Discrimination) Regulation 2019.

2 Commencement

Each provision of this regulation 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
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of the regulation.	The day after this regulation is registered.

3 Authority

This regulation is made under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986.

4 Schedule(s)

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Australian Human Rights Commission Regulations 1989

1 Subregulation (4)(a)

Add: (xii) gender identity or intersex status; or (xiii) religion; or (xiv) political affiliation; or