Disability Discrimination Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1)1
Statutory Rules 2004 No. 432
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, 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 23 March 2004
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
PHILIP RUDDOCK
Attorney-General
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Disability Discrimination Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on the date of their notification in the Gazette.
3 Amendment of Disability Discrimination Regulations 1996
Schedule 1 amends the Disability Discrimination Regulations 1996.
Schedule 1 Amendment
(regulation 3)
[1] Regulation 5
substitute
5 Public transportation services and facilities — consultation before granting exemption
(1) For subsection 55 (1C) of the Act, the Accessible Public Transport Jurisdictional Committee is prescribed as a body that the Commission must consult in relation to all kinds of public transportation services and facilities.
(2) In this regulation:
Accessible Public Transport Jurisdictional Committee means the body so named, consisting of representatives from the Commonwealth, State and Territory government departments responsible for transport policy.
Notes
1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1996 No. 27, as amended by 1999 No. 40; 2002 No. 185.
2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 March 2004.