Victorian Current Acts

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 2010 - SECT 82B

    (1)         A person may discriminate against another person if the discrimination is constituted by, or relates to, one of the following—

        (a)     a religious body refusing to provide government funded goods or services to a person on the basis of the person's religious belief or activity;

        (b)     a religious body determining the terms on which government funded goods or services are provided to a person on the basis of the person's religious belief or activity;

        (c)     a religious body subjecting a person to any detriment, in connection with the body's provision of government funded goods or services to the person, on the basis of the person's religious belief or activity;

where—

        (d)     the refusal, the terms or subjecting the person to the detriment, as the case requires, is in conformity with the doctrines, beliefs or principles of the religious body's religion or is reasonably necessary to avoid injury to the religious sensitivities of adherents of the religion; and

        (e)         the discrimination is reasonable and proportionate in the circumstances.

    (2)     This section does not permit discrimination on the basis of any attribute other than as specified in subsection (1).

    (3)     Subsection (1) applies whether or not the government funded goods or services are provided for payment.

S. 83 (Heading) amended by No. 56/2021 s. 7(1).