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Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
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#### 49ZQ Accommodation
49ZQ Accommodation
> > (1) It is unlawful for a person, whether as principal or agent, to discriminate against another person on the ground of homosexuality—
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> > > (a) by refusing the person’s application for accommodation,
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> > > (b) in the terms on which he or she offers the person accommodation, or
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> > > (c) by deferring the person’s application for accommodation or according the person a lower order of precedence in any list of applicants for that accommodation.
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> > (2) It is unlawful for a person, whether as principal or agent, to discriminate against another person on the ground of homosexuality—
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> > > (a) by denying the person access, or limiting the person’s access, to any benefit associated with accommodation occupied by the person, or
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> > > (b) by evicting the person or subjecting the person to any other detriment.
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> > (3) Nothing in this section applies to or in respect of the provision of accommodation in premises if—
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> > > (a) the person who provides or proposes to provide the accommodation or a near relative of that person resides, and intends to continue to reside, on those premises, and
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> > > (b) the accommodation provided in those premises is for no more than 6 persons.
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> **s 49ZQ:** Ins 1982 No 142, Sch 2 (2). Am 1994 No 28, Schs 4 (18), 5 (4) (7) (16).