Equal Opportunity Act 1984

Nothing in section 66B(1)(b) or (2)(c), 66C(1)(b) or (2)(c) or 66E(1)(a) or (2)(a) renders unlawful discrimination by an employer, principal or person against a person on the ground of the impairment of that person if it is reasonable for the employer, principal or person to conclude, on such grounds as having regard to the circumstances of the case and having taken all reasonable steps to obtain relevant and necessary information concerning the impairment it is reasonable for the employer, principal or person to rely on, that the person with the impairment because of that impairment —

would be unable to carry out work reasonably required to be performed in the course of the employment or engagement concerned; or

would, in order to carry out that work, require services or facilities that are not required by persons who do not have an impairment and the provision of which would impose an unjustifiable hardship on the employer, principal or person.

Nothing in section 66B(1)(c), (2)(a) or (b), section 66C(1)(c), (2)(a) or (b), section 66D(1)(a) or (c) or section 66E(1)(b), (2)(b) or (3)(a) renders unlawful discrimination by an employer, principal or person against a person on the ground of the impairment of that person in respect of any determination by the employer, principal or person of any terms or conditions relating to the person with the impairment that are reasonable having regard to either or both of the following —

any limitation or restriction that the impairment would or does impose on the person’s ability to carry out the work required to be performed in the course of the employment or engagement concerned;

any services or facilities that would be or are required by the person with the impairment in order to carry out the work referred to in paragraph (a) and that would not be or are not required by persons who do not have an impairment.

Nothing in section 66G renders unlawful discrimination by an authority or body to which that section refers against a person on the ground of the impairment of that person if, with respect to the work required to be performed in the course of the practice of the profession, the carrying on of the trade or business or the engaging in of the occupation concerned, it is reasonable for the authority or body to conclude on such grounds as having regard to the circumstances of the case and having taken all reasonable steps to obtain relevant and necessary information concerning the impairment it is reasonable for the authority or body to rely on, that the person with the impairment would be unable to carry out that work.