Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Nothing in this
Act renders it unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person on
any one or more of the grounds of discrimination referred to in this Act in
connection with employment as a member of the staff of an educational
institution that is conducted in accordance with the doctrines, tenets,
beliefs or teachings of a particular religion or creed, if the first-mentioned
person so discriminates in good faith in order to avoid injury to the
religious susceptibilities of adherents of that religion or creed.
(2) Nothing in this
Act renders it unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person on
any one or more of the grounds of discrimination referred to in this Act in
connection with a position as a contract worker that involves the doing of
work in an educational institution that is conducted in accordance with the
doctrines, tenets, beliefs or teachings of a particular religion or creed, if
the first-mentioned person so discriminates in good faith in order to avoid
injury to the religious susceptibilities of adherents of that religion or
creed.
(3) Nothing in this
Act renders it unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person on
any one or more of the grounds of discrimination referred to in this Act,
other than the grounds of race, impairment or age, in connection with the
provision of education or training by an educational institution that is
conducted in accordance with the doctrines, tenets, beliefs or teachings of a
particular religion or creed, if the first-mentioned person so discriminates
in good faith in favour of adherents of that religion or creed generally, but
not in a manner that discriminates against a particular class or group of
persons who are not adherents of that religion or creed.
[Section 73 amended: No. 40 of 1988 s. 10; No. 74
of 1992 s. 22.]