Western Australian Consolidated Acts

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 66

66 .         Exceptions to s. 54 to 56

        (1)         Nothing in section 54, 55 or 56 renders unlawful discrimination by an employer, principal or person — 

            (a)         where the employer or principal is a private educational authority; or

            (b)         in the case of employment or work in a hospital or other place where a medical or other health related service is provided, where the employer or principal is a religious body,

                if the duties of the employment or work are for the purposes of, or in connection with, or otherwise involve or relate to the participation of the employee in any religious observance or practice.

        (2)         Nothing in section 54, 55 or 56 renders unlawful discrimination by an employer, principal or person on the ground of the holding or not holding of any political conviction or the engaging in or refusal or failure to engage in any lawful political activities with respect to the offering of employment or work to a person as an officer within the meaning of the Electoral Act 1907 , or as a ministerial adviser or officer, employee or worker for a political party, member of the electoral staff of another person, or in other similar employment or work.

        [Section 66 amended by No. 43 of 1996 s. 28.]

        [Heading inserted by No. 40 of 1988 s. 8.]

        [Heading inserted by No. 40 of 1988 s. 8.]