
Disability Discrimination Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 1)1
I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
Dated 8 August 2002
PETER HOLLINGWORTH
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
DARYL WILLIAMS
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Disability Discrimination Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Disability Discrimination Amendment Act 2002.
3 Amendment of Disability Discrimination Regulations 1996
Schedule 1 amends the Disability Discrimination Regulations 1996.
Schedule 1 Amendment
(regulation 3)
[1] After regulation 4
insert
5 Public transportation services and facilities — consultation before exemption
(1) For subsection 55 (1C) of the Act, the National Transport Secretariat is prescribed as a body that must be consulted in relation to all kinds of public transportation services and facilities.
(2) In this regulation:
Australian Transport Council means the body so named, constituted by a Minister from each of the Commonwealth, New Zealand, each State, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
National Transport Secretariat means the body so named, established by the Australian Transport Council.
1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1996 No. 27, as amended by 1999 No. 40.
2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 August 2002.