EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 88A
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 88A
(1) It is unlawful for
a person—
(a) to
refuse an application for accommodation; or
(b) to
defer such an application or accord the applicant a late order of precedence
on a list of applicants for that accommodation,
on the ground that the applicant intends to keep a therapeutic animal at that
accommodation.
(2) Subsection (1)(a)
does not apply if the respondent establishes that in the circumstances of the
case the refusal was reasonable.
(3) In this
section—
"therapeutic animal" means—
(a) an
animal certified by a medical practitioner as being required to assist a
person as a consequence of the person's disability; or
(b) an
animal of a class prescribed by regulation,
but does not include an assistance animal, a dangerous dog within the meaning
of the Dog and Cat Management Act 1995 or a dog of a prescribed breed
within the meaning of the Dog and Cat Management Act 1995 .