Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) A person exercising control of a public place or public passenger vehicle must not--
(a) refuse entry to, or permission to be in, the place or vehicle to an accompanied handler who is complying with the identification procedure; or
(b) refuse service in the place or vehicle to an accompanied handler who is complying with the identification procedure; or
(c) impose a term that would result in a person with a disability being separated, while in the place or vehicle, from the guide, hearing or assistance dog that the person relies on to reduce the person's need for support.
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.
(2) It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (1) for the person to prove that he or she contravened this section for a reason that was reasonable in the circumstances and did not relate to--
(a) for an offence against subsection (1)(a) or (b)--the accompanied handler being accompanied by a guide, hearing, assistance or trainee support dog; or
(b) for an offence against subsection (1)(c)--the person with a disability being accompanied by a guide, hearing or assistance dog.
(3) In this section--
accompanied handler means--
(a) a person with a disability who is accompanied by the guide, hearing or assistance dog the person relies on to reduce the person's need for support; or
(b) an approved trainer, employee trainer or puppy carer who is accompanied by a guide, hearing, assistance or trainee support dog.
term includes a condition, requirement or practice, whether or not written.
Note--
A person with a disability may also have a right of action under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cwlth).