Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992 No. 135 of 1992 - SECT 18

18.(1) It is unlawful for 3 or more persons who are proposing to form
themselves into a partnership to discriminate against another person on the
ground of the other person's disability or a disability of any of the other
person's associates:

   (a)  in determining who should be invited to become a partner in the
        partnership; or

   (b)  in the terms or conditions on which the other person is invited to
        become a partner in the partnership.

(2) It is unlawful for any one or more of the partners in a partnership
consisting of 3 or more partners to discriminate against another person on the
ground of the other person's disability or a disability of any of the other
person's associates:

   (a)  in determining who should be invited to become a partner in the
        partnership; or

   (b)  in the terms or conditions on which the other person is invited to
        become a partner in the partnership.

(3) It is unlawful for any one or more of the partners in a partnership
consisting of 3 or more partners to discriminate against another partner in
the partnership on the ground of the other partner's disability or a
disability of any of the other person's associates:

   (a)  by denying the other partner access, or limiting the other partner's
        access, to any benefit arising from being a partner in the
        partnership; or

   (b)  by expelling the other partner from the partnership; or

   (c)  by subjecting the partner to any other detriment.

(4) Neither paragraph (1)(a), (2)(a) nor (3)(b) renders unlawful
discrimination by a person against another person on the ground of the other
person's disability, if taking into account the other person's past training,
qualifications and experience relevant to the proposed partnership or the
partnership and, if the other person is already a partner, the other person's
performance as a partner, and all other relevant factors that it is reasonable
to take into account, the person because of the other person's disability:

   (a)  would be unable to carry out the inherent requirements of a partner in
        the proposed partnership or the partnership; or

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