Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
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57 Voluntary bodies
57 Voluntary bodies
(1) In this section, body means a body, the activities of which are carried on otherwise than for profit and which is not established by an Act, but does not include—
(a) a co-operative registered under the Co-operatives National Law (NSW) or a society under the Friendly Societies Act 1989, or
(b) a friendly society registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1989, or
(c) a building society or credit union registered under the Financial Institutions (NSW) Code, or
(d) a co-operative housing society registered under the Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Act 1998, or
(e) a registered club.
(2) Nothing in this Act affects—
(a) any rule or practice of a body which restricts admission to membership of that body, or
(b) the provision of benefits, facilities or services to members of that body.
s 57: Am 1981 No 15, Schs 4 (8), 5 (23); 1982 No 142, Sch 4 (6); 1997 No 9, Sch 1 [21]; 1997 No 11, Sch 1.1 [2]; 1998 No 11, Sch 6.1 [2]; 2014 No 88, Sch 2.1 [2].