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#### 54 Acts done under statutory authority
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—
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> > > (a) any other Act, whether passed before or after this Act,
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> > > (b) any regulation, ordinance, by-law, rule or other instrument made under any such other Act,
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> > > (c) an order of the Tribunal,
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> > > (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
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> > > (e) (Repealed)
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> > (2) (Repealed)
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> > (3) Except as provided in this section, this Act has effect notwithstanding anything contained in—
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> > > (a)–(c) (Repealed)
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> > > (c1) the [Co-operatives (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2012-029) and the [Co-operatives National Law (NSW)](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2012-29a),
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> > > (d), (e) (Repealed)
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> > > (f) the [Registered Clubs Act 1976](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1976-031),
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> > or any instrument of whatever nature made or approved thereunder.
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> **s 54:** Am 1981 No 15, Schs 2 (20), 4 (7), 5 (22). Subst 1982 No 142, Sch 4 (5). Am 1994 No 28, Schs 4 (23), 5 (7); 1997 No 9, Sch 1 \[20\]; 1997 No 11, Sch 1.1 \[1\]; 1998 No 113, Sch 2.1; 2011 No 27, Sch 2.3; 2014 No 88, Sch 2.1 \[1\].