Western Australian Current Acts

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 66N

66N .         Discrimination in sport on ground of impairment

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

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

        (3)         Subsection (1) does not apply to discrimination against a person —

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

            (b)         where the persons who participate or are to participate in the sporting activity 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)         where a sporting activity is conducted only for persons who have a particular impairment and the first-mentioned person does not have that impairment.

        [Section 66N inserted: No. 40 of 1988 s. 8.]