Anti-Discrimination Act 1998
14Direct discrimination
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14 Direct discrimination
(1) Discrimination to which this Act applies is direct or indirect discrimination on the grounds of any prescribed attribute.
(2) Direct discrimination takes place if a person treats another person on the basis of any prescribed attribute, imputed prescribed attribute or a characteristic imputed to that attribute less favourably than a person without that attribute or characteristic.
(3) For direct discrimination to take place, it is not necessary –
(a) that the prescribed attribute be the sole or dominant ground for the unfavourable treatment; or
(b) that the person who discriminates regards the treatment as unfavourable; or
(c) that the person who discriminates has any particular motive in discriminating.