Anti-Discrimination Act 1998
34Insurance and financial services for particular age group
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34 Insurance and financial services for particular age group
(1) A person may discriminate against another person on the ground of age in the provision of services relating to any annuity, insurance, loans, credit or finance if the discrimination –
(a) is based on actuarial, statistical or other data from a reliable source; and
(b) is reasonable having regard to that data and any other relevant factors.
(2) Subsection (1) only applies if a person discloses to the Tribunal, when required to do so –
(a) the sources on which the data are based; and
(b) the relevant factors on which the discrimination is based.