Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this Division
commission agent , committee of management , contract worker , employment ,
employment agency and principal have the respective meanings assigned to them
by the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 .
(2) For the purposes
of this Division, a person (in this subsection referred to as the
discriminator ) discriminates against another person (in this subsection
referred to as the aggrieved person ) on the ground of a spent conviction
if —
(a) on
the ground of that conviction or the charge to which it relates, the
discriminator treats the aggrieved person less favourably than, in the same
circumstances or in circumstances that are not materially different, the
discriminator treats or would treat a person who had never incurred a
conviction; or
(b) the
discriminator requires the aggrieved person to comply with a requirement or
condition that is not reasonable having regard to the circumstances of the
case.