Notice of inquiry into exemption
application under DDA section 55: Kendell Airlines

Updated
1 August 2000

See
now draft
recommendation

 Notice
of application


Call
for submissions


Submissions
received

Exemption
application

The
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has received, by letter
dated 28 April 2000, an application for temporary exemption under section
55 of the DDA regarding carriage of passengers with disabilities on low
capacity aircraft, for a period of five years. The exemption
application
is attached, including an action plan and proposed disability awareness
policy in support of the application.

Call
for submissions

In
accordance with its policy
on exemption applications,
the Commission seeks to give interested parties an opportunity to participate
in the process of considering this application.

Accordingly, the Commission
seeks submissions by 15 June 2000, preferably by email to disability@humanrights.gov.au
. Submissions may also be addressed by mail to Disability Rights Unit,
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, GPO Box 5218, Sydney 1042.
Where submissions are made by mail a copy on disc should be included if
possible.

To promote open public
discussion and exchange of views, the Commission intends to make submission
publicly available by posting submissions made electronically on its Internet
site. Requests for material to be treated as confidential should be clearly
indicated.

The Commission will
decide further actions on this matter after considering submissions received.
As indicated in its policy on exemptions, further actions may include

• making a decision
  on the basis of consideration of submissions received
• holding conferences
  or public hearings involving interested parties
• making a proposed
  decision available to interested parties for comment before the Commission
  makes a final decision.

Graeme Innes

Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner

4 May 2000

Submissions

Note:
Some submissions have been converted by HREOC to HTML format from their
original formats because of temporary technical problems with our text
only site picking up non-HTML documents.

G.
Taleporos

G.Walker


L.Margrie


M.Stuart


J.Frisch


Physical
Disability Council of NSW


D.Herd


M.
Corcoran


M.Tucker


Disability
Council of NSW


People
With Disabilities NSW