Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Dictionary

"accommodation" includes—

(a) business premises; and

(b) a house or flat; and

(c) a hotel or motel; and

(d) a boarding house or hostel; and

(e) a caravan or caravan site; and

(f) a manufactured home, or a site, under the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 ; and

(g) a camping site; and

(h) a building or construction site.

(a) in a newspaper or other publication; or

(b) by television or radio; or

(c) by display of notices, signs, labels or goods; or

(d) by distribution of samples, circulars, catalogues, price lists or other material; or

(e) by exhibition of pictures, models or films.

(a) is established for social, literary, cultural, political, sporting, athletic, recreational, community service or any other similar lawful purposes; and

(b) carries out its purposes for the purpose of making a profit.

(a) in relation to a representative complaint—a person named in the complaint or otherwise identified in the complaint as a person on whose behalf the complaint is being made; or

(b) in relation to a complaint by a relevant entity under section 134 —the relevant entity; or

(c) otherwise—the person who is the subject of the alleged contravention of the Act .

(a) unlawful discrimination; or

(b) sexual harassment; or

(c) conduct prohibited by chapter 4 or 5 .

(a) a dependant child of the person; or

(b) any other member of the person’s immediate family who is in need of care or support.

(a) is the person’s internal and individual experience of gender, whether or not it corresponds with the sex assigned to the person at birth; and

(b) without limiting paragraph (a) , includes—

(i) the person’s personal sense of the body; and

(ii) if freely chosen—modification of the person’s bodily appearance or functions by medical, surgical or other means; and

(iii) other expressions of the person’s gender, including name, dress, speech and behaviour.

(a) the person’s spouse or former spouse; or

(b) a child of the person or the person’s spouse or former spouse, including an exnuptial child, stepchild, adopted child, or past or present foster child of the person or the person’s spouse or former spouse; or

(c) a parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the person or the person’s spouse or former spouse.

(a) the total or partial loss of the person’s bodily functions, including the loss of a part of the person’s body; or

(b) the malfunction, malformation or disfigurement of a part of the person’s body; or

(c) a condition or malfunction that results in the person learning more slowly than a person without the condition or malfunction; or

(d) a condition, illness or disease that impairs a person’s thought processes, perception of reality, emotions or judgment or that results in disturbed behaviour; or

(e) the presence in the body of organisms capable of causing illness or disease; or

(f) reliance on a guide, hearing or assistance dog, wheelchair or other remedial device;

(g) presently exists; or

(h) previously existed but no longer exists.

(a) an annuity; and

(b) life assurance; and

(c) accident insurance; and

(d) illness insurance.

(a) if the document is filed with the industrial relations commission—a decision of the commission under the IR Act ; or

(b) if the document is filed with QCAT—a final decision of QCAT in a proceeding under the QCAT Act .

(a) step-parent; and

(b) adoptive parent; and

(c) foster parent; and

(d) guardian.

(a) if the Legislative Assembly resolves that a particular committee of the Assembly is to be the parliamentary committee under this Act—that committee; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply and the standing rules and orders state that the portfolio area of a portfolio committee includes the commissioner—that committee; or

(c) otherwise—the portfolio committee whose portfolio area includes the department, or the part of a department, in which this Act is administered.

(a) a worker; or

(b) a partner.

(a) colour; and

(b) descent or ancestry; and

(c) ethnicity or ethnic origin; and

(d) nationality or national origin.

(a) single; or

(b) married; or

(c) married to another person, but living separately and apart from the other person; or

(d) divorced; or

(e) widowed; or

(f) a de facto partner; or

(g) a civil partner.

(a) in relation to a work-related matter—the IR Act ; or

(b) in relation to any other matter—the QCAT Act .

(a) access to and use of any place, vehicle or facilities that members of the public are permitted to use; and

(b) banking and the supply of loans, finance or credit guarantees; and

(c) recreation, including entertainment, sports, tourism and the arts; and

(d) the supply of refreshments; and

(e) services connected with transport and travel; and

(f) services of any profession, trade or business; and

(g) services provided by a public or local government; and

(h) the provision of scholarships, prizes or awards;

(i) superannuation; or

(j) insurance.

(a) genitalia, gonads and other sexual and reproductive parts of the person’s anatomy; and

(b) the person’s chromosomes, genes and hormones that are related to the person’s sex; and

(c) the person’s secondary physical features emerging as a result of puberty.

(a) means the provision by an adult person of the following services for payment or reward—

(i) services that involve the person participating in a sexual activity with another person;

(ii) services that involve the use or display of the person’s body for the sexual arousal or gratification of another person; and

(b) includes being or having been a person who provides services mentioned in paragraph (a) .

(a) in relation to a work-related matter—the industrial relations commission; or

(b) in relation to any other matter—QCAT.

(a) work in a relationship of employment (including full-time, part-time, casual, permanent and temporary employment); and

(b) work under a contract for services; and

(c) work remunerated in whole or in part on a commission basis; and

(d) work under a statutory appointment; and

(e) work under a work experience arrangement within the meaning of the Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 , section 4 ; and

(ea) work under a vocational placement; and

(f) work on a voluntary or unpaid basis; and

(g) work by a person with an impairment in a sheltered workshop, whether on a paid basis (including a token remuneration or allowance) or an unpaid basis; and

(h) work under a guidance program, an apprenticeship training program or other occupational training or retraining program.