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Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
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#### 49ZA Industrial organisations
49ZA 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 his or her responsibilities as a carer—
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> > > (a) by refusing or failing to accept the person’s application for membership, or
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> > > (b) in the terms on which it is prepared to admit the person 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 his or her responsibilities as a carer—
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> > > (a) by denying the person access, or limiting the person’s access, to any benefit provided by the organisation, or
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> > > (b) by depriving the person of membership or varying the terms of the person’s membership, or
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> > > (c) by subjecting the person 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 the person’s responsibilities as a carer where, because of the person’s responsibilities as a carer, 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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> **ss 49W–49ZC:** Ins 1982 No 142, Sch 1 (4). Rep 1994 No 28, Sch 3 (2). Ins 2000 No 24, Sch 1 \[1\].