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ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1998 - SECT 51 Employment based on religion

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1998 - SECT 51

Division 8 - Exceptions relating to religious belief, affiliation or activity Employment based on religion

(1)  A person may discriminate against another person on the ground of religious belief or affiliation or religious activity in relation to employment if the participation of the person in the teaching, observance or practice of a particular religion is a genuine occupational qualification or requirement in relation to the employment.
(2)  A person may discriminate against another person on the ground of religious belief or affiliation or religious activity in relation to employment in an educational institution that is or is to be conducted in accordance with the tenets, beliefs, teachings, principles or practices of a particular religion if the discrimination is in order to enable, or better enable, the educational institution to be conducted in accordance with those tenets, beliefs, teachings, principles or practices.