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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 35AP

35AP .         Discrimination in sport on gender history grounds

        (1)         It is unlawful for a person to discriminate against a gender reassigned person on gender history grounds by excluding that person from — 

            (a)         a sporting activity; or

            (b)         an administrative, coaching, refereeing or umpiring activity in relation to any sport.

        (2)         Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to discrimination against a gender reassigned person if — 

            (a)         the relevant sporting activity is a competitive sporting activity for members of the sex with which the person identifies; and

            (b)         the person would have a significant performance advantage as a result of his or her medical history.

        [Section 35AP inserted by No. 2 of 2000 s. 28.]



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