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Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
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#### 49ZYP Registered clubs
49ZYP Registered clubs
> > (1) It is unlawful for a registered club to discriminate against a person (not being a person under the age of 18 years) on the ground of age—
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> > > (a) by refusing or failing to accept the person’s application for membership of the club, or
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> > > (b) in the terms on which it is prepared to admit the person to membership of the club.
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> > (2) It is unlawful for a registered club to discriminate against a member of the registered club on the ground of age—
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> > > (a) by denying or limiting access to any benefit provided by the club, or
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> > > (b) by depriving the member of membership of the club or varying the terms of that membership, or
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> > > (c) by subjecting the member to any other detriment.
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> > (3) Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) applies to or in respect of a registered club—
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> > > (a) that has as its principal object the provision of benefits for persons who are of a particular age or age group, or
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> > > (b) so as to prevent the retention by the club of different categories of membership for members of different ages or age groups.
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> > (4) In determining whether the principal object of a registered club is as referred to in subsection (3) (a), regard is to be had to—
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> > > (a) the essential character of the club, and
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> > > (b) the extent to which the affairs of the club are so conducted that the persons primarily enjoying the benefits of membership are of the relevant age or age group, and
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> > > (c) any other relevant circumstance.
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> **ss 49ZYP–49ZYR:** Ins 1993 No 91, sec 3.