Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992 No. 135 of 1992 - SECT 15

15.(1) It is unlawful for an employer or a person acting or purporting to act
on behalf of an employer to discriminate against a person on the ground of the
other person's disability or a disability of any of that other person's
associates:

   (a)  in the arrangements made for the purpose of determining who should be
        offered employment; or

   (b)  in determining who should be offered employment; or

   (c)  in the terms or conditions on which employment is offered.

(2) It is unlawful for an employer or a person acting or purporting to act on
behalf of an employer to discriminate against an employee on the ground of the
employee's disability or a disability of any of that employee's associates:

   (a)  in the terms or conditions of employment that the employer affords the
        employee; or

   (b)  by denying the employee access, or limiting the employee's access, to
        opportunities for promotion, transfer or training, or to any other
        benefits associated with employment; or

   (c)  by dismissing the employee; or

   (d)  by subjecting the employee to any other detriment.

(3) Neither paragraph (1)(a) nor (b) renders it unlawful for a person to
discriminate against another person, on the ground of the other person's
disability, in connection with employment to perform domestic duties on the
premises on which the first-mentioned person resides.

(4) Neither paragraph (1)(b) nor (2)(c) renders unlawful discrimination by an
employer against a person on the ground of the person's disability, if taking
into account the person's past training, qualifications and experience
relevant to the particular employment and, if the person is already employed
by the employer, the person's performance as an employee, and all other
relevant factors that it is reasonable to take into account, the person
because of his or her disability:

   (a)  would be unable to carry out the inherent requirements of the
        particular employment; or

   (b)  would, in order to carry out those requirements, require services or
        facilities that are not required by persons without the disability and
        the provision of which would impose an unjustifiable hardship on the
        employer.