Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I, and also on behalf of Senator Lambie and Senator Waters, move amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 1702:

(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 1), omit "3", substitute "4".

(2) Page 2 (after line 11), after clause 3, insert:

4 Review of operation of amendments

(1) The Minister must cause an independent review to be conducted of the operation of the amendments made by this Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the review must consider whether:

(a) the amendments made by this Act are operating effectively; and

(b) the Australian Human Rights Commission has capacity to carry out the functions relating to compliance with the positive duty in relation to sex discrimination in Division 4A of Part II of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986,as inserted by Part 2 of Schedule 2 to this Act.

(3) The review must commence as soon as practicable after the end of the period of 2 years after the day Division 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to this Act commences and, in any event, not later than 3 years after that day.

(4) The persons who conduct the review must give the Minister a written report of the review as soon as practicable and, in any event, not later than 9 months after commencement of the review.

(5) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the report is given to the Minister.