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6 Attributes
The following are the attributes on the basis of which discrimination is prohibited in the areas of activity set out in Part 4—
(a) age;
(b) breastfeeding;
(c) employment activity;
(d) gender identity;
S. 6(e) amended by No. 26/2011 s. 34(Sch. item 2.1).
(e) disability;
(f) industrial activity;
(g) lawful sexual activity;
(h) marital status;
(i) parental status or status as a carer;
(j) physical features;
(k) political belief or activity;
(l) pregnancy;
S. 6(la) inserted by No. 7/2022 s. 34.
(la) profession, trade or occupation;
(m) race;
(n) religious belief or activity;
(o) sex;
S. 6(oa) inserted by No. 3/2021 s. 60.
(oa) sex characteristics;
(p) sexual orientation;
S. 6(pa) inserted by No. 81/2014 s. 7.
(pa) an expunged homosexual conviction;
S. 6(pb) inserted by No. 13/2021 s. 28.
(pb) a spent conviction;
(q) personal association (whether as a relative or otherwise) with a person who is identified by reference to any of the above attributes.