Mental Health Act 2015
11People not to be regarded as having mental disorder or
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11 People not to be regarded as having mental disorder or For this Act, a person is not to be regarded as having a mental disorder or mental illness only because of any of the following: (a) the person expresses or refuses or fails to express, or has political opinion or belief; (b) the person expresses or refuses or fails to express, or has religious opinion or belief; (c) the person expresses or refuses or fails to express, or has philosophy;
(d) the person expresses or refuses or fails to express, or has expressed or has refused or failed to express, a particular sexual preference or sexual orientation; (e) the person engages in or refuses or fails to engage in, or has engaged in or has refused or failed to engage in, a particular political activity; (f) the person engages in or refuses or fails to engage in, or has engaged in or has refused or failed to engage in, a particular religious activity; (g) the person engages in or has engaged in sexual promiscuity; (h) the person engages in or has engaged in immoral conduct; (i) the person engages in or has engaged in illegal conduct; (j) the person takes or has taken alcohol or any other drug; (k) the person engages in or has engaged in antisocial behaviour.