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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) ACT 2011 - SECT 104

Prohibition of discriminatory conduct

    (1)     A person must not engage in discriminatory conduct for a prohibited reason.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     in the case of an individual – $100 000; or

        (b)     in the case of a body corporate – $500 000.

    (2)     A person commits an offence under subsection (1) only if the reason referred to in section 106 was the dominant reason for the discriminatory conduct.

    (3)     Section 12B does not apply to an offence against subsection (1).

Note for section 104

Civil proceedings may be brought under Division 3 of this Part in relation to discriminatory conduct engaged in for a prohibited reason.



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