Prohibition of disability discrimination Part 2
Discrimination in other areas Division 2
Section 22
Division 2—Discrimination in other areas
22 Education
(1) It is unlawful for an educational authority to discriminate against a
person on the ground of the person’s disability:
(a) by refusing or failing to accept the person’s application for
admission as a student; or
(b) in the terms or conditions on which it is prepared to admit the
person as a student.
(2) It is unlawful for an educational authority to discriminate against a
student on the ground of the student’s disability:
(a) by denying the student access, or limiting the student’s
access, to any benefit provided by the educational authority;
or
(b) by expelling the student; or
(c) by subjecting the student to any other detriment.
(2A) It is unlawful for an education provider to discriminate against a
person on the ground of the person’s disability:
(a) by developing curricula or training courses having a content
that will either exclude the person from participation, or
subject the person to any other detriment; or
(b) by accrediting curricula or training courses having such a
content.
(3) This section does not render it unlawful to discriminate against a
person on the ground of the person’s disability in respect of
admission to an educational institution established wholly or
primarily for students who have a particular disability where the
person does not have that particular disability.
23 Access to premises
It is unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person
on the ground of the other person’s disability:
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