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DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992 - SECT 28

Sport

  (1)   It is unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person on the ground of the other person's disability by excluding that other person from a sporting activity.

  (2)   In subsection   (1), a reference to a sporting activity includes a reference to an administrative or coaching activity in relation to any sport.

  (3)   Subsection   (1) does not render unlawful discrimination against a person:

  (a)   if the person is not reasonably capable of performing the actions reasonably required in relation to the sporting activity; or

  (b)   if the persons who participate or are to participate in the sporting activities are selected by a method which is reasonable on the basis of their skills and abilities relevant to the sporting activity and relative to each other; or

  (c)   if a sporting activity is conducted only for persons who have a particular disability and the first - mentioned person does not have that disability.


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