It is unlawful for an authority or body that is empowered to confer, renew, extend, revoke or withdraw an authorisation or qualification that is needed for or facilitates the practice of a profession, the carrying on of a trade or the engaging in of an occupation to discriminate against a person—
(a) by failing to confer, renew or extend the authorisation or qualification; or
(b) in the terms or conditions on which it is prepared to confer, renew or extend the authorisation or qualification; or
(c) by revoking or withdrawing the authorisation or qualification or varying the terms or conditions on which it is held; or
(d) by subjecting the person to any other detriment.
Note The Legislation Act
, dict, pt 1 defines fail to include refuse.