Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
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(1) It is unlawful for an educational authority to discriminate against a person on transgender grounds—
(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 transgender grounds—
(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 private educational authority.
s 38K: Ins 1996 No 22, Sch 1 [4].