Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) It is unlawful for
a person, whether as principal or agent, to discriminate against another
person on the ground of the other person’s race —
(a) by
refusing the other person’s application for accommodation; or
(b) in
the terms or conditions on which accommodation is offered to the other person;
or
(c) by
deferring the other person’s application for accommodation or according
to the other person a lower order of precedence in any list of applicants for
that accommodation.
(2) It is unlawful for
a person, whether as principal or agent, to discriminate against another
person on the ground of the other person’s race —
(a) by
denying the other person access, or limiting the other person’s access,
to any benefit associated with accommodation occupied by the other person; or
(b) by
evicting the other person from accommodation occupied by the other person; or
(c) by
subjecting the other person to any other detriment in relation to
accommodation occupied by the other person.
(3) Nothing in this
section applies to or in respect of —
(a) the
provision of accommodation in premises if —
(i)
the person who provides or proposes to provide the
accommodation or a near relative of that person resides, and intends to
continue to reside, on those premises; and
(ii)
the accommodation provided in those premises is for no
more than 3 persons other than a person referred to in subparagraph (i) or a
near relative of such a person;
or
(b)
accommodation provided by a charitable or other voluntary body solely for
persons of one race.