Preliminary Part 1
Section 5
(2) For the purposes of this Act, refusing or failing to do an act is
taken to be the doing of an act and a reference to an act includes a
reference to a refusal or failure to do an act.
5 Direct disability discrimination
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person (the discriminator)
discriminates against another person (the aggrieved person) on the
ground of a disability of the aggrieved person if, because of the
disability, the discriminator treats, or proposes to treat, the
aggrieved person less favourably than the discriminator would treat
a person without the disability in circumstances that are not
materially different.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a person (the discriminator) also
discriminates against another person (the aggrieved person) on the
ground of a disability of the aggrieved person if:
(a) the discriminator does not make, or proposes not to make,
reasonable adjustments for the person; and
(b) the failure to make the reasonable adjustments has, or would
have, the effect that the aggrieved person is, because of the
disability, treated less favourably than a person without the
disability would be treated in circumstances that are not
materially different.
(3) For the purposes of this section, circumstances are not materially
different because of the fact that, because of the disability, the
aggrieved person requires adjustments.
6 Indirect disability discrimination
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person (the discriminator)
discriminates against another person (the aggrieved person) on the
ground of a disability of the aggrieved person if:
(a) the discriminator requires, or proposes to require, the
aggrieved person to comply with a requirement or condition;
and
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Compilation No. 33
Compilation date: 12/4/18
Authorised Version C2018C00125 registered 19/04/2018
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Registered: 19/4/18