EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 16

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 16

16 .         Qualifying bodies

                It is unlawful for an authority or body that is empowered to confer, renew, extend, revoke or withdraw an authorisation or qualification that is needed for or facilitates the practice of a profession, the carrying on of a trade or business or the engaging in of an occupation to discriminate against a person on the ground of the person’s sex, marital status, pregnancy or breast feeding —

            (a)         by refusing or failing to confer, renew or extend the authorisation or qualification; or

            (b)         in the terms or conditions on which it is prepared to confer the authorisation or qualification or to renew or extend the authorisation or qualification; or

            (c)         by revoking or withdrawing the authorisation or qualification or varying the terms or conditions upon which it is held.

        [Section 16 amended: No. 2 of 2010 s. 11.]