51AAdmission of person as student based on religion

51A Admission of person as student based on religion

[Section 51A Inserted by No. 19 of 2015, s. 5, Applied:24 Jun 2015]

(1)  A person may discriminate against another person on the ground of religious belief or affiliation or religious activity in relation to admission of that other person as a student to an educational institution that is or is to be conducted in accordance with the tenets, beliefs, teachings, principles or practices of a particular religion.

(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who is enrolled as a student at the educational institution referred to in that subsection.

(3)  Subsection (1) does not permit discrimination on any grounds referred to in section 16 other than those specified in that subsection.

(4)  A person may, on a ground specified in subsection (1) , discriminate against another person in relation to the admission of the other person as a student to an educational institution, if the educational institution's policy for the admission of students demonstrates that the criteria for admission relates to the religious belief or affiliation, or religious activity, of the other person, the other person's parents or the other person's grandparents.