Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992 No. 135 of 1992 - SECT 47

47.(1) This Part does not render unlawful anything done by a person in direct
compliance with:

   (a)  a determination or decision of the Commission; or

   (b)  an order of a court; or

   (c)  an order or award of a court or tribunal having power to fix minimum
        wages to the extent that such an order or award has specific
        provisions relating to the payment of rates of salary or wages to
        persons who, if they were not in receipt of the salary or wages, would
        be eligible for a disability support pension, where the salary or
        wages are determined by reference to the capacity of the person.

(2) This Part does not render unlawful anything done by a person in direct
compliance with a prescribed law.

(3) During the period beginning at the commencement of this section and ending
3 years after the day this section commences, this Part does not render
unlawful anything done by a person in direct compliance with another law.

(4) In subsection (1):

"disability support pension" has the same meaning as in the Social Security 
Act 1991 .

(5) In subsection (2):

"law" means:

   (a)  a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory; or

   (b)  regulations or any other instrument made under such a law.