Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE RESERVE SERVICE (PROTECTION) ACT 2001 - SECT 22

             (1)  A person must not refuse or fail to engage another person as a contractor for the reason that, or for reasons that include the reason that, the other person, or an officer or employee of the other person:

                     (a)  may volunteer to render defence service; or

                     (b)  is rendering defence service; or

                     (c)  is, or may become, liable to render defence service; or

                     (d)  has previously rendered defence service.

             (2)  A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:    30 penalty units.

Note:          See section 4AA of the Crimes Act 1914 for the current value of a penalty unit.