Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 - SECT 127

127 Discriminatory advertisements

(1) A person must not publish or display an advertisement, or authorise its publication or display, if the advertisement indicates that a person intends to act in a way that contravenes the Act .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) in the case of an individual—35 penalty units; or

(b) in the case of a corporation—170 penalty units.

(1A) To remove any doubt, subsection (1) does not apply to an advertisement so far as it advertises for a worker who is under 21 years of age, whether by specifying a particular age, a particular age group or otherwise.

Example—

An employer may advertise for an 18 year old sales assistant or for a 15 to 17 year old sales assistant.

(2) It is a defence to a complaint made under the Act for a contravention of subsection (1) if the respondent proves, on the balance of probabilities, that the respondent took reasonable precautions to prevent the publication or display happening.

(3) It is an excuse to an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant took reasonable precautions to prevent the publication or display happening.