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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (LGBTIQ ANTI-DISCRIMINATION) AMENDMENT BILL 2018

                  Western Australia


      Equal Opportunity (LGBTIQ
Anti-Discrimination) Amendment Bill 2018

                      Contents

 1.   Short title                                            2
 2.   Commencement                                           2
 3.   Act amended                                            2
 4.   Section 73 amended                                     2
 5.   Insert 73 inserted                                     2
      73.     Admission of person as student based on
              religion                                  2




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                      LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

             (Introduced by the Hon. Alison Xamon MLC)


          Equal Opportunity (LGBTIQ
    Anti-Discrimination) Amendment Bill 2018

                               A Bill for


An Act to amend the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (WA).



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:




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     Equal Opportunity (LGBTIQ Anti-Discrimination) Amendment Bill 2018



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1    1.           Short title
2                 This is the Equal Opportunity (LGBTIQ Anti-Discrimination)
3                 Amendment Act 2018.

4    2.           Commencement
5                 This Act comes into operation as follows --
6                  (a) On the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;
7                  (b) The rest of the Act -- on the day after that.

8    3.           Act amended
9                 This Act amends the Equal Opportunity Act 1984.

10   4.           Section 73 amended
11                Delete section 73 including paragraphs (1), (2) and (3).

12   5.           Insert 73 inserted

13          73.         Admission of person as student based on religion
14                      A person may discriminate against another person on
15                      the ground of religious belief or affiliation or religious
16                      activity in relation to admission of that other person as
17                      a student to an educational institution that is or is to be
18                      conducted in accordance with the tenets, beliefs,
19                      teachings, principles or practices of a particular
20                      religion.

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