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DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 (NO. 81 OF 1991) - SECT 48

Genuine occupational qualifications

48. Nothing in paragraph 10 (1) (a) or (b), 12 (1) (a) or (b), 13 (b) or 14 (1) (a) or (2) (a) renders it unlawful to discriminate against a person on the ground of impairment in relation to employment or work which involves any of the following activities:

(a)     participation in a dramatic performance or other entertainment in a role in which a person with a particular impairment is required for reasons of authenticity;

(b)     participation as an artist's or photographic model in the production of a work of art, visual image or sequence of visual images for which a person with a particular impairment is required for reasons of authenticity;

(c)     providing persons who have a particular impairment with services for the purpose of promoting their welfare, where those services can most effectively be provided by a person with a similar impairment;

(d)     a prescribed activity.



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