Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 (NO. 81 OF 1991) - SECT 57

57. (1) Nothing in Part III renders unlawful discrimination on the ground of impairment in relation to the exclusion of a person from participation in any competitive sporting activity if—

        (a)     the person has an impairment and the activity requires physical or intellectual attributes that the person does not possess; or

        (b)     where the activity is conducted wholly or mainly for persons who have a particular kind of impairment—the person does not have an impairment of that kind.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the exclusion of persons from participation in—

(a)     the coaching of persons engaged in any sporting activity;

(b)     the umpiring or refereeing of any sporting activity;

(c)     the administration of any sporting activity; or

(d)     any prescribed sporting activity.

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