Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992 No. 135 of 1992 - SECT 16

16.(1) It is unlawful for a principal to discriminate against a person on the
ground of the person's disability or a disability of any of that person's
associates:

   (a)  in the arrangements the principal makes for the purpose of determining
        who should be engaged as a commission agent; or

   (b)  in determining who should be engaged as a commission agent; or

   (c)  in the terms or conditions on which the person is engaged as a
        commission agent.

(2) It is unlawful for a principal to discriminate against a commission agent
on the ground of the commission agent's disability or a disability of any of
the person's associates:

   (a)  in the terms or conditions that the principal affords the commission
        agent as a commission agent; or

   (b)  by denying the commission agent access, or limiting the commission
        agent's access, to opportunities for promotion, transfer or training,
        or to any other benefits associated with the position as a
        commission agent; or

   (c)  by terminating the engagement; or

   (d)  by subjecting the commission agent to any other detriment.

(3) Neither paragraph (1)(b) nor (2)(c) renders unlawful discrimination by a
principal against a person on the ground of the person's disability, if taking
into account the person's past training, qualifications and experience
relevant to engagement as a commission agent and, if the person is already
engaged by the principal as a commission agent, the person's performance as a
commission agent, and all other relevant factors that it is reasonable to take
into account, the person because of his or her disability:

   (a)  would be unable to carry out the inherent requirements of a commission
        agent; or

   (b)  would, in order to carry out those requirements, require services or
        facilities that are not required by persons without the disability and
        the provision of which would impose an unjustifiable hardship on the
        principal.