Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) It is unlawful for an educational authority to discriminate against a person on the ground of the person's sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status, marital or relationship status, pregnancy or potential pregnancy, or breastfeeding:
(a) by refusing or failing to accept the person's application for admission as a student; or
(b) in the terms or conditions on which it is prepared to admit the person as a student.
(2) It is unlawful for an educational authority to discriminate against a student on the ground of the student's sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status, marital or relationship status, pregnancy or potential pregnancy, or breastfeeding:
(a) by denying the student access, or limiting the student's access, to any benefit provided by the educational authority;
(b) by expelling the student; or
(c) by subjecting the student to any other detriment.
(3) Nothing in this section applies to or in respect of a refusal or failure to accept a person's application for admission as a student at an educational institution where:
(a) the educational institution is conducted solely for students of a different sex from the sex of the applicant; or
(b) except in the case of an institution of tertiary education--education or training at the level at which the applicant is seeking education or training is provided by the educational institution only or mainly for students of a different sex from the sex of the applicant.