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on which the requirements of subsection 31 (3) or (4) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 are first complied with.

1.3 Objects

  The objects of these Standards are:
 (a) to eliminate, as far as possible, discrimination against persons on the ground of disability in the area of education and training; and
 (b) to ensure, as far as practicable, that persons with disabilities have the same rights to equality before the law in the area of education and training as the rest of the community; and
 (c) to promote recognition and acceptance within the community of the principle that persons with disabilities have the same fundamental rights as the rest of the community.

Note   These are also generally the objects of the Act in relation to education (see section 3 of the Act).

1.4 Definitions

  In these Standards, unless the contrary intention appears:
Act means the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
adjustment has the meaning given by section 3.3.
discrimination has a meaning corresponding to the meaning of discriminate.
education provider has the meaning given by section 2.1.
harassment has the meaning given by section 8.1.
prospective student, for an educational institution, means a person who approaches the institution about seeking admission to, or applying for enrolment in, the institution.
reasonable, in relation to an adjustment, has the meaning given by section 3.4.
student means a person enrolled in an educational institution.
victimisation has the meaning given by section 42 of the Act.

Note   The definitions of terms in the Act apply to the Standard, under the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. These definitions include the following:

associate, in relation to a person, includes:
(a) a spouse of the person; and
(b) another person who is living with the person on a genuine domestic basis; and
(c) a relative of the person; and
(d) a carer of the person; and
(e) another person who is in a business, sporting or recreational relationship with the person.

disability, in relation to a person, means:
(a) total or partial loss of the person's bodily or mental functions; or
(b) total or partial loss of a part of the body; or
(c) the presence in the body of organisms causing disease or illness; or
(d) the presence in the body of organisms capable of causing disease or illness; or
(e) the malfunction, malformation or disfigurement of a part of the person's body; or
(f) a disorder or malfunction that results in the person learning differently from a person without the disorder or malfunction; or
(g) a disorder, illness or disease that affects a person's thought processes, perception of reality, emotions or judgment or that results in disturbed behaviour;
and includes a disability that:
(h) presently exists; or