Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
38HIndustrial organisations
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38H Industrial organisations
38H Industrial organisations
(1) It is unlawful for an industrial organisation to discriminate on transgender grounds against a person who is not a member of the industrial organisation—
(a) by refusing or failing to accept the person’s application for membership, or
(b) in the terms on which it is prepared to admit the person to membership.
(2) It is unlawful for an industrial organisation to discriminate against a member of the organisation on transgender grounds—
(a) by denying the member access, or limiting the member’s access, to any benefit provided by the organisation, or
(b) by depriving the member of membership or varying the terms of his or her membership, or
(c) by subjecting the member to any other detriment.
ss 38D–38J: Ins 1996 No 22, Sch 1 [4].