Section 18 — Disability Discrimination Act 1992: Partnerships
Text of the provision Official document
(1) It is unlawful for 3 or more persons who are proposing to form themselves into a partnership to discriminate against another person on the ground of the other person’s disability: (a) in determining who should be invited to become a partner in the partnership; or (b) in the terms or conditions on which the other person is invited to become a partner in the partnership. (2) It is unlawful for any one or more of the partners in a partnership consisting of 3 or more partners to discriminate against another person on the ground of the other person’s disability: (a) in determining who should be invited to become a partner in the partnership; or (b) in the terms or conditions on which the other person is invited to become a partner in the partnership. (3) It is unlawful for any one or more of the partners in a partnership consisting of 3 or more partners to discriminate against another partner in the partnership on the ground of the other partner’s disability: (a) by denying the other partner access, or limiting the other partner’s access, to any benefit arising from being a partner in the partnership; or (b) by expelling the other partner from the partnership; or (c) by subjecting the partner to any other detriment.
Official source: Federal Register of Legislation
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