Western Australian Current Acts

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 53

53 .         Discrimination on ground of religious or political conviction

        (1)         For the purposes of this Act, a person (in this subsection referred to as the discriminator ) discriminates against another person (in this subsection referred to as the aggrieved person ) on the ground of religious or political conviction if, on the ground of —

            (a)         the religious or political conviction of the aggrieved person; or

            (b)         a characteristic that appertains generally to persons of the religious or political conviction of the aggrieved person; or

            (c)         a characteristic that is generally imputed to persons of the religious or political conviction of the aggrieved person,

                the discriminator treats the aggrieved person less favourably than in the same circumstances or in circumstances that are not materially different, the discriminator treats or would treat a person of a different religious or political conviction.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Act, a person (in this subsection referred to as the discriminator ) discriminates against another person (in this subsection referred to as the aggrieved person ) on the ground of religious or political conviction if the discriminator requires the aggrieved person to comply with a requirement or condition —

            (a)         with which a substantially higher proportion of persons who are of a different religious or political conviction comply or are able to comply; and

            (b)         which is not reasonable having regard to the circumstances of the case; and

            (c)         with which the aggrieved person does not or is not able to comply.