EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 85ZB

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 85ZB

85ZB—Discrimination by associations

        (1)         It is unlawful for an association to discriminate—

            (a)         against an applicant for membership—

                  (i)         by refusing or failing to admit the applicant to membership, or to a particular class of membership, of the association; or

                  (ii)         in the terms on which the applicant is, or may be, admitted to membership, or to a particular class of membership; or

            (b)         against a member of the association—

                  (i)         by refusing or failing to provide a particular service or benefit to that member; or

                  (ii)         in the terms on which a particular service or benefit is provided to that member; or

                  (iii)         by expelling that member from the association or subjecting him or her to other detriment.

        (2)         This section does not render unlawful an association established—

            (a)         for persons of a particular marital or domestic partnership status; or

            (b)         for spouses or domestic partners of a particular class; or

            (c)         for persons with caring responsibilities or particular caring responsibilities; or

            (d)         for persons who are, or who have been, subjected to domestic abuse or domestic abuse of a particular kind,

and, consequently, such an association may discriminate against an applicant for membership so as to exclude from membership persons other than those for whom the association is established.

        (3)         This section does not apply to discrimination against same sex domestic partners on the ground of marital or domestic partnership status if the association is administered in accordance with the precepts of a particular religion and the discrimination is founded on the precepts of that religion.