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Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
sec.85Discrimination by refusing to allow guide, hearing or assistance dog
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### sec.85 Discrimination by refusing to allow guide, hearing or assistance dog
A person must not discriminate by doing any of the following—
refusing to rent accommodation to another person because the other person has an impairment and relies on a guide, hearing or assistance dog;
requiring the other person to keep the dog elsewhere;
requesting or requiring the other person to pay an extra charge because the dog lives at the accommodation.
This section does not affect the liability of the person with the dog for any damage caused by the dog.
s 85 amd 2009 No. 4 s 124 (1) sch 2
(sec.85-ssec.1) A person must not discriminate by doing any of the following— refusing to rent accommodation to another person because the other person has an impairment and relies on a guide, hearing or assistance dog; requiring the other person to keep the dog elsewhere; requesting or requiring the other person to pay an extra charge because the dog lives at the accommodation.
(sec.85-ssec.2) This section does not affect the liability of the person with the dog for any damage caused by the dog.
- (a) refusing to rent accommodation to another person because the other person has an impairment and relies on a guide, hearing or assistance dog;
- (b) requiring the other person to keep the dog elsewhere;
- (c) requesting or requiring the other person to pay an extra charge because the dog lives at the accommodation.