Part 2 s 21
Human Rights Act 1993
Version as at
1 July 2024
16 years and ending with the date on which persons of the age
of the person whose age is in issue qualify for national superannu‐
ation under section 7 of the New Zealand Superannuation and
Retirement Income Act 2001 (irrespective of whether or not the
particular person qualifies for national superannuation at that age
or any other age):
for the purposes of sections 22 to 41 and section 70 and in relation
to any different treatment based on age that occurs on or after
1 February 1999, any age commencing with the age of 16 years:
(iii)
for the purposes of any other provision of Part 2, any age com‐
mencing with the age of 16 years:
(j)
political opinion, which includes the lack of a particular political opinion
or any political opinion:
(k)
employment status, which means—
(l)
(m)
(2)
(ii)
(i)
being unemployed; or
(ii)
being a recipient of a benefit as defined in Schedule 2 of the
Social Security Act 2018 or an entitlement under the Accident
Compensation Act 2001:
family status, which means—
(i)
having the responsibility for part-time care or full-time care of
children or other dependants; or
(ii)
having no responsibility for the care of children or other depend‐
ants; or
(iii)
being married to, or being in a civil union or de facto relationship
with, a particular person; or
(iv)
being a relative of a particular person:
sexual orientation, which means a heterosexual, homosexual, lesbian, or
bisexual orientation.
Each of the grounds specified in subsection (1) is a prohibited ground of
discrimination, for the purposes of this Act, if—
(a)
it pertains to a person or to a relative or associate of a person; and
(b)
it either—
(i)
currently exists or has in the past existed; or
(ii)
is suspected or assumed or believed to exist or to have existed by
the person alleged to have discriminated.
Section 21(1)(b): substituted, on 26 April 2005, by section 7 of the Relationships (Statutory Referen‐
ces) Act 2005 (2005 No 3).
Section 21(1)(h)(vi): amended, on 10 May 2022, by section 5 of the Human Rights (Disability Assist
Dogs Non-Discrimination) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 18).
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