Prohibition of disability discrimination Part 2
Discrimination in other areas Division 2
Section 25
25 Accommodation
(1) It is unlawful for a person, whether as principal or agent, to
discriminate against another person on the ground of the other
person’s disability:
(a) by refusing the other person’s application for
accommodation; or
(b) in the terms or conditions on which the accommodation is
offered to the other person; or
(c) by deferring the other person’s application for
accommodation or according to the other person a lower
order of precedence in any list of applicants for that
accommodation.
(2) It is unlawful for a person, whether as principal or agent, to
discriminate against another person on the ground of the other
person’s disability:
(a) by denying the other person access, or limiting the other
person’s access, to any benefit associated with
accommodation occupied by the other person; or
(b) by evicting the other person from accommodation occupied
by the other person; or
(c) by subjecting the other person to any other detriment in
relation to accommodation occupied by the other person; or
(d) by refusing to permit the other person to make reasonable
alterations to accommodation occupied by that person if:
(i) that person has undertaken to restore the
accommodation to its condition before alteration on
leaving the accommodation; and
(ii) in all the circumstances it is likely that the person will
perform the undertaking; and
(iii) in all the circumstances, the action required to restore
the accommodation to its condition before alteration is
reasonably practicable; and
(iv) the alteration does not involve alteration of the premises
of any other occupier; and
(v) the alteration is at that other person’s own expense.
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