New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1977 - SECT 54

54 Acts done under statutory authority

(1) Nothing in this Act renders unlawful anything done by a person if it was necessary for the person to do it in order to comply with a requirement of:

(a) any other Act, whether passed before or after this Act,

(b) any regulation, ordinance, by-law, rule or other instrument made under any such other Act,

(c) an order of the Tribunal,

(d) an order of any court, not including an order or award of a court or tribunal having power to fix minimum wages and other terms and conditions of employment, or

(3) Except as provided in this section, this Act has effect notwithstanding anything contained in:

(a) the Co-operation Act 1923 ,

(b) the Financial Institutions (New South Wales) Act 1992 ,

(c) the Friendly Societies (NSW) Code or the Friendly Societies (NSW) Regulations ,

(c1) the Co-operatives Act 1992 ,

(f) the Registered Clubs Act 1976 ,

or any instrument of whatever nature made or approved thereunder.