Equal Opportunity Act 1984

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

by refusing or failing to accept the application of the person 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 age —

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.

It is unlawful for an educational authority or other person to discriminate against a person (in this subsection referred to as the aggrieved person) on the ground of the aggrieved person’s age —

by refusing or failing to accept the aggrieved person’s application for a scholarship or like benefit provided by the educational authority or other person; or

by refusing or failing to award a scholarship or like benefit referred to in paragraph (a) to the aggrieved person; or

in the terms or conditions on which the educational authority or other person is prepared to award a scholarship or like benefit referred to in paragraph (a) to the aggrieved person.

Nothing in this section applies to or in respect of a refusal or failure to accept an application for admission as a student at an educational institution under a mature age admission scheme conducted by the educational institution, which application is made by a person whose age is below the minimum age fixed under that scheme for admission.