QY & QZ v Sydney South West Area Health Service (EOD) [2010] NSWADTAP 48

Appeal Panel - Internal

CITATION: QY & QZ v Sydney South West Area Health Service (EOD) [2010] NSWADTAP 48

APPELLANTS QY & QZ PARTIES: RESPONDENT Sydney South West Area Health Service

FILE NUMBER: 109003

HEARING DATES: 23 April 2010

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 23 April 2010

DATE OF DECISION: 29 June 2010

BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President); Patten D - Deputy President; Field B - Non-Judicial Member

CATCHWORDS: Equal Opportunity – Complaint of discrimination by reason of being an 'associate' of a person with protected characteristic – Construction – Person with protected characteristic need not be a living person at time of conduct put in issue – Anti-Discrimination Act 1977, s 4 ('associate'), s 49B

DECISION UNDER APPEAL: QY & QZ v Sydney South West Area Health Service, unreported

FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 091077

DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 12/15/2009

Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Anti-Discrimination Amendment Bill 1994 Interpretation Act 1987

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