Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

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ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT - SECT 21

Discrimination by refusing to allow guide dog, &c.

21. Discrimination by refusing to allow guide dog, &c.

(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person discriminates on the ground of impairment against a person with a visual, hearing or mobility impairment if the person treats the person with the impairment less favourably because the person has a guide dog.

(2) Subsection (1) applies notwithstanding that it is the practice of the person to treat less favourably other persons who have dogs.

(3) Nothing in this section shall limit the operation of section 20 in relation to discrimination on the ground of impairment.

(4) This section does not affect the liability of a person with a guide dog for any damage caused by the guide dog.



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