Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) Discrimination means—
(a) direct or indirect discrimination on the basis of an attribute; or
(b) a contravention of section 17, 19, 20, 22, 32, 33, 40, 45, 54, 55 or 56.
(2) Discrimination on the basis of an attribute includes discrimination on the basis—
(a) that a person has that attribute or had it at any time, whether or not he or she had it at the time of the discrimination;
(b) of a characteristic that a person with that attribute generally has;
(c) of a characteristic that is generally imputed to a person with that attribute;
(d) that a person is presumed to have that attribute or to have had it at any time.
S. 7(3) amended by No. 26/2011 s. 34(Sch. item 2.2).
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), if a person with a disability is accompanied by or possesses an assistance aid, being accompanied by or the possession of that assistance aid is taken to be a characteristic that a person with that attribute generally has.
S. 7(4) amended by No. 26/2011 s. 34(Sch. items 2.2, 2.3).
(4) In subsection (3)—
"assistance aid" means any of the following that alleviates the effects of a person's disability—
(a) equipment (including a palliative or therapeutic device);
(b) a person who provides assistance or services to a person with a disability;
Examples
1 an interpreter;
2 a reader.
(c) an assistance dog.