Equal Opportunity Act 1984

It is unlawful for an educational authority to discriminate against a person on the ground of the person’s impairment —

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 impairment —

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

by subjecting the student to any other detriment.

Nothing in this section applies to or in respect of a refusal or failure to accept a person’s application for admission as a student at an educational institution that is conducted solely for students who have an impairment which the applicant does not have.

Nothing in this section applies to or in respect of a refusal or failure to accept a person’s application for admission as a student at an educational institution where the person, if admitted as a student by the educational authority, would require services or facilities that are not required by students who do not have an impairment and the provision of which would impose unjustifiable hardship on the educational authority.