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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 2010 - SECT 54 Discrimination by refusing to allow assistance dogs

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 2010 - SECT 54

Discrimination by refusing to allow assistance dogs

S. 54(1) amended by No. 26/2011 s. 34(Sch. item 3.23).

    (1)     A person must not refuse to provide accommodation to a person with a disability because that person has an assistance dog.

S. 54(2) amended by No. 26/2011 s. 34(Sch. item 3.23).

    (2)     A person must not require, as a term of providing accommodation to a person with a disability who has an assistance dog—

        (a)     that the dog be kept elsewhere; or

        (b)     that the person pay an extra charge because of the dog.

    (3)         This section does not affect the liability of the person with the assistance dog for any damage caused by the dog.