SEX DISCRIMINATION ACT 1984 - SECT 6 Discrimination on the ground of marital or relationship status
SEX DISCRIMINATION ACT 1984 - SECT 6
Discrimination on the ground of marital or relationship status(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person (in this subsection referred to as the discriminator ) discriminates against another person (in this subsection referred to as the aggrieved person ) on the ground of the marital or relationship status of the aggrieved person if, by reason of:
(a) the marital or relationship status of the aggrieved person; or
(b) a characteristic that appertains generally to persons of the marital or relationship status of the aggrieved person; or
(c) a characteristic that is generally imputed to persons of the marital or relationship status of the aggrieved person;
the discriminator treats the aggrieved person less favourably than, in circumstances that are the same or are not materially different, the discriminator treats or would treat a person of a different marital or relationship status.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a person (the discriminator ) discriminates against another person (the aggrieved person ) on the ground of the marital or relationship status of the aggrieved person if the discriminator imposes, or proposes to impose, a condition, requirement or practice that has, or is likely to have, the effect of disadvantaging persons of the same marital or relationship status as the aggrieved person.