Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGE DISCRIMINATION ACT 2004 - SECT 16

  (1)   This section applies if:

  (a)   an act is done for 2 or more reasons; and

  (b)   one of the reasons (whether or not it is the dominant or a substantial reason) is:

  (i)   the age of a person; or

  (ii)   a characteristic that appertains generally to persons of the age of a person; or

  (iii)   a characteristic that is generally imputed to persons of the age of a person.

  (2)   For the purposes of this Act, the act referred to in paragraph   (1)(a) is taken to be done because of the age of the person.