Version as at 1 July 2024 Human Rights Act 1993 Part 2 s 21 Section 21B: inserted, on 1 January 2002, by section 7 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96). Prohibited grounds of discrimination Heading: inserted, on 1 January 2002, by section 7 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96). 21 Prohibited grounds of discrimination (1) For the purposes of this Act, the prohibited grounds of discrimination are— (a) sex, which includes pregnancy and childbirth: (b) marital status, which means being— (i) single; or (ii) married, in a civil union, or in a de facto relationship; or (iii) the surviving spouse of a marriage or the surviving partner of a civil union or de facto relationship; or (iv) separated from a spouse or civil union partner; or (v) a party to a marriage or civil union that is now dissolved, or to a de facto relationship that is now ended: (c) religious belief: (d) ethical belief, which means the lack of a religious belief, whether in respect of a particular religion or religions or all religions: (e) colour: (f) race: (g) ethnic or national origins, which includes nationality or citizenship: (h) disability, which means— (i) physical disability or impairment: (ii) physical illness: (iii) psychiatric illness: (iv) intellectual or psychological disability or impairment: (v) any other loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure or function: (vi) reliance on a disability assist dog, wheelchair, or other remedial means: (vii) the presence in the body of organisms capable of causing illness: (i) age, which means,— (i) for the purposes of sections 22 to 41 and section 70 and in relation to any different treatment based on age that occurs in the period beginning with 1 February 1994 and ending with the close of 31 January 1999, any age commencing with the age of 31