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Equal Opportunity (Breastfeeding) Act 2000

Act No. 21/2000

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page

1.	Purpose	1
2.	Commencement	1
3.	Discrimination on the basis of breastfeeding	2
4.	New section 223 inserted	2

223.        Transitional provisions—Equal Opportunity

(Breastfeeding) Act 2000 2

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NOTES 4

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Victoria

No. 21 of 2000

Equal Opportunity (Breastfeeding) Act

2000†

[Assented to 16 May 2000]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:

1. Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to amend the Equal on the basis of breastfeeding.

2. Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Equal Opportunity (Breastfeeding) Act 2000

s. 3	Act No. 21/2000
No. 42/1995.	3. Discrimination on the basis of breastfeeding
Reprint No. 3
as at 1 July	(1) In section 4 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1995,

1998.   after the definition of "attribute" insert— ' "breastfeeding" includes the act of expressing

milk;'.

(2) After section 6(a) of the Equal Opportunity Act

1995 insert—

"(ab) breastfeeding;".

4. New section 223 inserted

After section 222A of the Equal Opportunity

Act 1995 insert—

"223. Transitional provisions—Equal

Opportunity (Breastfeeding) Act 2000

(1) Subject to this Act, a complaint may be lodged after the commencement of the Equal Opportunity (Breastfeeding) Act

2000 alleging a contravention of this Act
constituted by discrimination on the basis of
breastfeeding, whether the alleged
contravention took place before or after that

commencement.

(2) A complaint cannot be lodged as provided

by sub-section (1) if the alleged

contravention—

(a)

took place before the commencement of (Breastfeeding) Act 2000; and

(b) had been the subject matter of a complaint lodged with the Commission before that commencement.

(3) A complaint lodged with the Commission

before the commencement of the Equal
Opportunity (Breastfeeding) Act 2000 but

Equal Opportunity (Breastfeeding) Act 2000

Act No. 21/2000 s. 4

not finally disposed of immediately before
that commencement must continue to be
dealt with under this Act as if section 3 of

that Act had not come into operation.".

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NOTES

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Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 6 April 2000

Legislative Council: 3 May 2000

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to amend the Equal
Opportunity Act 1995 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of
breastfeeding and for other purposes."