Equal Opportunity Act 1984

It is unlawful for an educational authority to discriminate against a person on the ground of the person’s religious or political conviction —

by refusing or failing to accept the person’s application for admission as a student; or

in the terms or conditions on which it is prepared to admit the person as a student.

It is unlawful for an educational authority to discriminate against a student on the ground of the student’s religious or political conviction —

by denying the student access, or limiting the student’s access, to any benefit provided by the educational authority; or

by expelling the student or subjecting the student to any other detriment.

Nothing in this section applies to or in respect of an educational authority prescribed by regulations in relation to such circumstances, if any, as may be prescribed by regulations.