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DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 - SECT 39

Accommodation provided for employees, contract workers or students

    (1)     Part 3, in its application in relation to discrimination on the ground of sex, relationship status, pregnancy or breastfeeding, does not make it unlawful for an employer or principal who provides accommodation to employees or contract workers to provide accommodation of different standards to different employees or contract workers if—

        (a)     the standard of the accommodation provided is decided having regard to the number of people in the household of the employee or contract worker; and

        (b)     it is not reasonable to expect the employer or principal to provide accommodation of the same standard for all employees or contract workers.

    (2)     Part 3 does not make unlawful discrimination on the ground of sex in relation to the provision of accommodation if the accommodation is provided solely for people of one sex who are students at an educational institution.



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