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DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992 No. 135 of 1992 - SECT 28 Sport

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992 No. 135 of 1992 - SECT 28

Sport
28.(1) It is unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person on
the ground of the other person's disability or a disability of any of the
other person's associates by excluding that other person from a sporting
activity.

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

(3) Subsection (1) does not render unlawful discrimination against a person:

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

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