Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992 - SECT 9

             (1)  For the purposes of this Act, a person ( discriminator ) discriminates against a person with:

                     (a)  a visual disability; or

                     (b)  a hearing disability; or

                     (c)  any other disability;

( aggrieved person ) if the discriminator treats the aggrieved person less favourably because of the fact that the aggrieved person possesses, or is accompanied by:

                     (d)  a guide dog; or

                     (e)  a dog trained to assist the aggrieved person in activities where hearing is required, or because of any matter related to that fact; or

                      (f)  any other animal trained to assist the aggrieved person to alleviate the effect of the disability, or because of any matter related to that fact;

whether or not it is the discriminator’s practice to treat less favourably any person who possesses, or is accompanied by, a dog or any other animal.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not affect the liability of a person with a disability for damage to property caused by a dog or other animal trained to assist the person to alleviate the effect of the disability or because of any matter related to that fact.