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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 33

33 .         Residential care of children

        (1)         Nothing in section 11(1)(a) or (b) or 13(b) renders it unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person on the ground of the other person’s sex in connection with a position as an employee or contract worker where the duties of the position involve the care of a child or children in the place where the child or children resides or reside.

        (2)         Nothing in section 11(1)(a) or (b), 11(2)(c) or 13(b) renders it unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person on the ground of the other person’s marital status in connection with a position as an employee or contract worker of a particular employer or principal, where —

            (a)         the duties of the position involve the care of a child or children in the place where the child or children resides or reside; and

            (b)         it is intended that the spouse of the occupant of the position would also occupy a position as an employee or contract worker of that employer or principal.



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