EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 2010 - SECT 6 Attributes

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 2010 - SECT 6

The following are the attributes on the basis of which discrimination is prohibited in the areas of activity set out in Part 4—

        (a)     age;

        (b)     breastfeeding;

        (c)     employment activity;

        (d)     gender identity;

S. 6(e) amended by No. 26/2011 s. 34(Sch. item 2.1).

        (e)     disability;

        (f)     industrial activity;

        (g)     lawful sexual activity;

        (h)     marital status;

              (i)     parental status or status as a carer;

        (j)     physical features;

        (k)     political belief or activity;

        (l)     pregnancy;

S. 6(la) inserted by No. 7/2022 s. 34.

        (la)     profession, trade or occupation;

        (m)     race;

        (n)     religious belief or activity;

        (o)     sex;

S. 6(oa) inserted by No. 3/2021 s. 60.

        (oa)         sex characteristics;

        (p)     sexual orientation;

S. 6(pa) inserted by No. 81/2014 s. 7.

        (pa)     an expunged homosexual conviction;

S. 6(pb) inserted by No. 13/2021 s. 28.

        (pb)     a spent conviction;

        (q)     personal association (whether as a relative or otherwise) with a person who is identified by reference to any of the above attributes.