Community Law Reform Assistance Animals Final Report 16
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Community Law Reform Assistance Animals Final Report 16 Victorian Law Reform Commission GPO Box 4637 Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia Level 10, 10–16 Queen St Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia Telephone +61 3 8619 8619 Facsimilie +61 3 8619 8600 TTY 1300 666 557 1300 666 555 (within Victoria) law.reform@lawreform.vic.gov.au www.lawreform.vic.gov.au Published by the Victorian Law Reform Commission The Victorian Law Reform Commission was established under the Victorian Law Reform Commission Act 2000 as a central agency for developing law reform in Victoria. This report reflects the law as at 25 August 2008. Copyright September 2008 Victorian Law Reform Commission. This work is protected by the laws of copyright. Except for any uses permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) or equivalent overseas legislation, no part of this work may be reproduced, in any manner or in any medium, without the written permission of the publisher. All rights reserved. The publications of the Victorian Law Reform Commission follow the Melbourne University Law Review Association Inc, Australian Guide to Legal Citations (2nd ed, 2002). Image on cover and throughout provided by Guide Dogs Victoria ISBN 978-0-9758466-4-3 (pbk) Ordered to be printed Victorian Government Printer No. 142 Session 2006-08 This publication can be provided in further accessible formats by contacting the commission. Font: Arial 18 pt Transcription notes: ● The figures in the right margin preceded by leader dots indicate the original page numbers. e.g. 1 indicates the start of page 1 Contents Abbreviations 5 Preface 6 Contributors 9 Executive summary 11 The Commission's Model 12 Recommendations 15 Chapter 1
Introduction 22 Origins Of The Report 23 Victorian Context 24 Our Process 26 Structure Of Report 29 Terminology 30 Chapter 2 Assistance Animals in Victoria 34 Current Practice 34 Who Uses Assistance Animals? 40 What Benefits Do Assistance Animals Bring? 41 Who Trains Assistance Animals? 46 Assistance Animal Organisations That Provide Services To Victorians 49 Seeing Eye Dogs Australia 50 Will Assistance Animals Become More Common? 55 Summary 56 Chapter 3 Current Law 64 Current Law 64 State Legislation 64 Commonwealth Legislation 74 Federal Case Law On Assistance Animals 78 Current Problems 82 Extent Of Discrimination 83 Conclusions 87 Chapter 4
Changes To The Equal Opportunity Act 96 Principles Of Reform 96 Clarifying The Meaning Of "Assistance Animal" In Victorian Law 98 Removing Inequities In Protection 109 Enabling The Right 110 Consistent And Comprehensive Protection 129 Chapter 5 Establishing a Training and Accreditation Scheme 138 Current practice 138 Consultation Proposals 139 Responsibility for regulating assistance animals 140 Conclusions 147 Should there be an advisory committee? 149 Accrediting Trainers 151 Who Should Be Eligible For Accreditation? 152 Accreditation Standards For Trainers 158 Public Access Test 163 Chapter 6
Registration And Identification 178 Registration Of Assistance Animals 179 Identification 184 Chapter 7
Transitional arrangements 195 Civil liability 196 Community Education 199 National consistency 203 Appendix 1 207 Submissions 207 Appendix 2 209 Consultation Meetings 209 Appendix 3 210 Other jurisdictions 210 Appendix 4 225 Glossary 227 Bibliography 230 4 AbbreviationsADA Assistance Dogs Australia ADI Assistance Dogs International AWARE Assisting Wellbeing Ability Recovery and Empowerment Dogs Australia DDA Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) DFNAA Domestic (Feral and Nuisance) Animals Act 1994 (Vic) EOA Equal Opportunity Act 1995 (Vic) GDV Guide Dogs Victoria HREOC Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (now re-branded as the Australian Human Rights Commission) IGDF International Guide Dogs Association SED Seeing Eye Dogs Australia VEOHRC Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission VLRC Victorian Law Reform Commission 5 Yüklə 1,23 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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