Ebber v Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission [1995] FCA 183

CATCHWORDS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION - applicants' German architectural qualifications not accepted by second and third respondents as sufficient to satisfy Queensland registration requirements - nature of inquiry under s 25A Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) into a complaint relating to an alleged unlawful act contrary to Part II - circumstances in which power of summary dismissal under s 25X can be exercised - nature of direct discrimination within s 9(1) - nature of indirect discrimination within s 9(1A). Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) - s 15AB Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) - s 16 Architects Act 1962 (Qld) - ss 17, 18, Division II Part II Architects Act 1985 (Qld) - ss 6(1), 17 Architects Regulations 1963 (Qld) - regs 35, 39(2) and (3), 41(1)(2) Architects Regulations 1985 (Qld) - regs 22(1), 23(3), 4th Schedule Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - ss 1, 15 Chartered Accountants Act S.S. 1986 - By Laws s 12(1) Constitution - s 51(xxix) Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1990 (Cth) - ss 2(1), 49 Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) - ss 7, 9, 9(1), 9(1A), 9(2), 10, 10(1), 10(2), 22, 24E, 25A, 25E, 25F, 25S, 25V, 25X, 25Z, 25Z(1)(b)(iv), Part II Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) - ss 5(2), 14 Assal v Department of Health, Housing and Community Services [1992] EOC 92-409 Applied Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Referred to Department of Health v Arumugam [1988] VR 319 Referred to Ealing Borough Council v Race Relations Board [1972] AC 342 Referred to Fenwick v Beveridge Building Products Pty Ltd (1985) 62 ALR 275 Referred to Fisher v Hebburn Ltd (1960) 105 CLR 188 Applied Gerhardy v Brown (1985) 159 CLR 70 Applied Lalitha Nagasinghe v TA Worthington QC and Adelaide Medical Centre for Women and Children (von Doussa J, unreported, 6 October, 1994) Applied Lamb v Moss (1983) 49 ALR 533 Applied Lewis v Trebilco (1984) 53 ALR 581 Referred to