Discrimination Regulation 2016 (ACT)

Discrimination Regulation 2016   

SL2016-23

made under the

Discrimination Act 1991

Republication No 2

Effective:  28 July 2017

Republication date: 28 July 2017

Last amendment made by SL2017‑22

About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Discrimination Regulation 2016, made under the Discrimination Act 1991 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 28 July 2017.  It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 28 July 2017. 

The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.

Kinds of republications

The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at type="disc">

authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies

unauthorised republications.

The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register ( For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.

Modifications

If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.

Penalties

At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for an individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).

Discrimination Regulation 2016

made under the

Discrimination Act 1991

Contents

Page

1            Name of regulation  2

2            Requirement for assistance animal—Act, s 5AA (3), definition of assistance animal    2

Endnotes

1            About the endnotes  3

2            Abbreviation key  3

3            Legislation history  4

4            Amendment history  5

5            Earlier republications  5

Discrimination Regulation 2016

made under the

Discrimination Act 1991

1. Name of regulation

   This regulation is the Discrimination Regulation 2016.

2. Requirement for assistance animal—Act, s 5AA (3), definition of assistance animal

   An assistance animal must be—

   (a)accredited as an assistance animal—

   (i)under a law of a State or Territory; or

   (ii)by an organisation that trains animals to assist a person with disability to alleviate the effect of the disability; or

   (b)trained to—

   (i)assist a person with disability to alleviate the effect of the disability; and

   (ii)meet the standards of hygiene and behaviour that are appropriate for an animal in a public place.

Endnotes

1. About the endnotes

   Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

   Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.

   Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law.  The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history.  Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.

   If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering. 

   The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

2. Abbreviation key

A = Act	NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form	o = order
am = amended	om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment	ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution	orig = original
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice	pres = present
def = definition	prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument	(prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary	pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative	r = rule/subrule
Assembly	reloc = relocated
div = division	renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired	R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette	RI = reissue
hdg = heading	s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added	sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001	SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register	sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification	or to be expired

1. Legislation history

   This regulation was made as part of the Discrimination Amendment Act 2016 (see A2016-49 s 14) and is taken to have been made under the Discrimination Act 1991 A1991-81 (see s 124 (1) as ins by A2016-49 s 13) as the Discrimination Regulation 2016.

   Discrimination Regulation 2016 SL2016-23

   taken to have been notified LR 23 August 2016 (A1991-81, s 124 (3) (a) as ins by A2016-49 s 13)
   s 1 commenced 23 August 2016 (LA s 75 (1))
   remainder taken to have commenced 24 August 2016 (A1991-81, s 124 (3) (b) as ins by A2016-49 s 13)

   as amended by

   Discrimination Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1) SL2017-22

   notified LR 27 July 2017
   s 1, s 2 commenced 27 July 2017 (LA s 75 (1))
   remainder commenced 28 July 2017 (s 2)

2. Amendment history

   Requirement for assistance animal—Act, s 5AA (3), definition of assistance animal

   s 2sub SL2017‑22 s 4

3. Earlier republications

   Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order. 

   Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register.  A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1.  Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.

Republication No and date	Effective	Last amendment made by	Republication for
R1 24 Aug 2016	24 Aug 2016– 27 July 2017	not amended	new regulation