Religious bodies
82 Religious bodies
Nothing in Part 4 applies to—
the ordination or appointment of priests, ministers of religion or members of a religious order; or
the training or education of people seeking ordination or appointment as priests, ministers of religion or members of a religious order; or
the selection or appointment of people to perform functions in relation to, or otherwise participate in, any religious observance or practice.
S. 82(2) amended by Nos 26/2011 s. 18(1), 56/2021 ss 5(1)(2), 11.
Nothing in Part 4 applies to anything done (except in relation to employment or the provision of government funded goods or services) on the basis of a person's religious belief or activity, sex, sexual orientation, lawful sexual activity, marital status, parental status or gender identity by a religious body that is reasonable and proportionate in the circumstances, and—
S. 82(2)(a) amended by No. 56/2021 s. 5(3).
conforms with the doctrines, beliefs or principles of the religious body's religion; or
S. 82(2)(b) amended by No. 56/2021 s. 5(3).
is reasonably necessary to avoid injury to the religious sensitivities of adherents of the religious body's religion.
S. 82(3) repealed by No. 26/2011 s. 18(2), new s. 82(3) inserted by No. 56/2021 s. 5(4).
Subsection (2) of this section has effect subject to sections 83 and 83A.
S. 82(4) repealed by No. 26/2011 s. 18(2).
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S. 82A inserted by No. 56/2021 s. 6.
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