State of Victoria

“ Aboriginal means a person belonging to the indigenous peoples of Australia, including the indigenous inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands, and any descendants of those peoples; act includes a failure to act and a proposal to act; Charter means the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities; child means a person under 18 years of age; Commission means the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission under the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 ”

“ Note Corporations do not have human rights.
(2) This Charter applies to-
(a) the Parliament, to the extent that the Parliament has functions under Divisions 1 and 2 of Part 3; and
(b) courts and tribunals, to the extent that they have functions under Part 2 and Division 3 of Part 3; and
(c) public authorities, to the extent that they have functions under Division 4 of Part 3.
(3) Subsection (2) does not take away from or limit-
(a) any other function conferred by this Charter on an entity specified in subsection (2) ; or
(b) any function conferred on any other entity by this Charter. ”

“ Example Under the Corrections Act 1986 a private company may have the function of providing correctional services (such as managing a prison) , which is a function generally identified as being a function of government.
(c) that the function is of a regulatory nature;
(d) that the entity is publicly funded to perform the function;
(e) that the entity that performs the function is a company (within the meaning of the Corporations Act) all of the shares in which are held by or on behalf of the State. ”