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Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
49IIndustrial organisations
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#### 49I Industrial organisations
49I Industrial organisations
> > (1) It is unlawful for an industrial organisation to discriminate against a person who is not a member of the industrial organisation on the ground of disability—
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> > > (a) by refusing or failing to accept his or her application for membership, or
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> > > (b) in the terms on which it is prepared to admit him or her to membership.
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> > (2) It is unlawful for an industrial organisation to discriminate against a person who is a member of the industrial organisation on the ground of disability—
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> > > (a) by denying him or her access, or limiting his or her access, to any benefit provided by the industrial organisation, or
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> > > (b) by depriving him or her of membership or varying the terms of his or her membership, or
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> > > (c) by subjecting him or her to any other detriment.
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> > (3) Nothing in subsection (2) (a) renders it unlawful to discriminate against a person on the ground of disability where, because of the person’s disability, the person requires the benefit to be provided in a special manner and the benefit cannot be provided in that manner by the industrial organisation without unjustifiable hardship to it.
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> **s 49I:** Ins 1981 No 15, Sch 1 (3). Am 1982 No 142, Schs 1 (3), 4 (3). Subst 1994 No 28, Sch 3 (2).