Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
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17 Education
17 Education
(1) It is unlawful for an educational authority to discriminate against a person on the ground of race—
(a) by refusing or failing to accept the person’s application for admission as a student, or
(b) in the terms on which it is prepared to admit the person as a student.
(2) It is unlawful for an educational authority to discriminate against a student on the ground of race—
(a) by denying the student access, or limiting the student’s access, to any benefit provided by the educational authority, or
(b) by expelling the student or subjecting the student to any other detriment.
(3) Nothing in this section applies to or in respect of a prescribed educational authority in relation to such circumstances, if any, as may be prescribed.
s 17: Am 1994 No 28, Schs 4 (5), 5 (4) (7) (14) (15).