Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 - SECT 43

    (1)     Section 22 does not make unlawful discrimination on the ground of race in relation to a club that has as its principal object providing benefits for people of a stated race if those people are described other than—

        (a)     by reference to colour; or

        (b)     in a way that has the effect of excluding some members of that race on the basis of colour.

    (2)     In deciding what the principal object of the club is for subsection (1), the following must be taken into account:

        (a)     the essential character of the club;

        (b)     if the people mainly enjoying the benefits of membership are of the race stated in the principal object;

        (c)     any other relevant circumstance.