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[Recommendations] Recommendation 12: Voluntary Gender Equality Action Plans may be legally recognized under the SDA The SDA should be amended to provide that voluntary Gender Equality Action Plans which are compliant with the SDA (for example, as a special measure) may be legally recognised under the SDA. Depending on the model chosen, compliance with voluntary Action Plans legally recognised under the SDA could: create a presumption of compliance with the SDA and FWA, a defence to a complaint under the SDA or FWA, or be admissible as evidence in relevant proceedings under the SDA, as appropriate; non-compliance with Action Plans under the SDA would constitute a breach of the SDA (and potentially FWA); and the SDC would have the discretion to commence an action in the Federal Court for breach of the SDA for non-compliance with an Action Plan. [Objective] 
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Inquiry into the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999 and Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (2009) | Australian Human Rights Commission
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