Preliminary Part I
Section 6
the discriminator treats or would treat a person who is not of
intersex status.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a person (the discriminator)
discriminates against another person (the aggrieved person) on the
ground of the aggrieved person’s intersex status if the
discriminator imposes, or proposes to impose, a condition,
requirement or practice that has, or is likely to have, the effect of
disadvantaging persons of intersex status.
(3) This section has effect subject to sections 7B and 7D.
6 Discrimination on the ground of marital or relationship status
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person (in this subsection referred to
as the discriminator) discriminates against another person (in this
subsection referred to as the aggrieved person) on the ground of
the marital or relationship status of the aggrieved person if, by
reason of:
(a) the marital or relationship status of the aggrieved person; or
(b) a characteristic that appertains generally to persons of the
marital or relationship status of the aggrieved person; or
(c) a characteristic that is generally imputed to persons of the
marital or relationship status of the aggrieved person;
the discriminator treats the aggrieved person less favourably than,
in circumstances that are the same or are not materially different,
the discriminator treats or would treat a person of a different
marital or relationship status.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a person (the discriminator)
discriminates against another person (the aggrieved person) on the
ground of the marital or relationship status of the aggrieved person
if the discriminator imposes, or proposes to impose, a condition,
requirement or practice that has, or is likely to have, the effect of
disadvantaging persons of the same marital or relationship status as
the aggrieved person.
(3) This section has effect subject to sections 7B and 7D.
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
Compilation No. 42
Compilation date: 11/09/2021
Authorised Version C2021C00420 registered 08/10/2021
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Registered: 08/10/2021