Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SEX DISCRIMINATION ACT 1984 No. 4, 1984 - SECT 18

18. It is unlawful for an authority or body that is empowered to confer,
renew, extend, revoke or withdraw an authorization 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 on
the ground of the person's sex, marital status or pregnancy-

   (a)  by refusing or failing to confer, renew or extend the authorization or
        qualification;

   (b)  in the terms or conditions on which it is prepared to confer the
        authorization or qualification or to renew or extend the authorization
        or qualification; or

   (c)  by revoking or withdrawing the authorization or qualification or
        varying the terms or conditions upon which it is held.