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In forceDiscrimination by refusing to allow assistance dogs
Part 4When is discrimination prohibited?
Division 5Discrimination in accommodation
54 Discrimination by refusing to allow assistance dogs
S. 54(1) amended by No. 26/2011 s. 34(Sch. item 3.23).
(1)
A person must not refuse to provide accommodation to a person with a disability because that person has an assistance dog.
S. 54(2) amended by No. 26/2011 s. 34(Sch. item 3.23).
(2)
A person must not require, as a term of providing accommodation to a person with a disability who has an assistance dog—
(a)
that the dog be kept elsewhere; or
(b)
that the person pay an extra charge because of the dog.
(3)
This section does not affect the liability of the person with the assistance dog for any damage caused by the dog.
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