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(b) information held by another person and required for the exercise or
protection of any legal right.
(2) Every person has the right to the correction or deletion of false or misleading
information that affects that person.
(3) To the extent that it is necessary, a law may limit, or may authorise the limitation
of, the rights set out in subsection (1), and may regulate the procedure under which
information held by a public office may be made available.
Right to equality and freedom from discrimination
26.—(1) Every person is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection,
treatment and benefit of the law.
(2) Equality includes the full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms
recognised in this Chapter or any other written law.
(3) A person must not be unfairly discriminated against, directly or indirectly on
the grounds of his or her—
(a) actual or supposed personal characteristics or circumstances, including
race, culture, ethnic or social origin, colour, place of origin, sex, gender,
sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, birth, primary language,
economic or social or health status, disability, age, religion, conscience,
marital status or pregnancy; or
(b) opinions or beliefs, except to the extent that those opinions or beliefs
involve harm to others or the diminution of the rights or freedoms of others,
or on any other ground prohibited by this Constitution.
(4) A law or an administrative action taken under a law may not directly or indirectly
impose a limitation or restriction on any person on a prohibited ground.
(5) Every person has the right of access, membership or admission, without
discrimination on a prohibited ground, to shops, hotels, lodging-houses, public
restaurants, places of public entertainment, clubs, education institutions, public
transportation services, taxis and public places.
(6) The proprietor of a place or service referred to in subsection (5) must facilitate
reasonable access for persons with disabilities to the extent prescribed by law.
(7) Treating one person differently from another on any of the grounds prescribed
under subsection (3) is discrimination, unless it can be established that the difference in
treatment is not unfair in the circumstances.