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HUMAN RIGHTS (SEXUAL CONDUCT) ACT 1994 - SECT 4

Arbitrary interferences with privacy SECT 4.(1) Sexual conduct involving only consenting adults acting in private is not to be subject, by or under any law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, to any arbitrary interference with privacy within the meaning of Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Note: Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is set out in Schedule 2 to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986. (2) For the purposes of this section, an adult is a person who is 18 years old or more.