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Anti-discrimination Act 1992
20BExemptions to section 20A
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20B Exemptions to section 20A
Section 20A does not prevent anything said or done reasonably
and in good faith:
(a) in the performance, exhibition or distribution of an artistic
work; or
(b) in the course of any statement, publication, discussion or
debate made or held for any genuine academic, artistic or
scientific purpose or any other genuine purpose in the public
interest; or
(c) in making or publishing:
(i) a fair and accurate report of any event or matter of public
interest; or
(ii) a fair comment on any event or matter of public interest,
if the comment is an expression of a genuine belief held
by the person making the comment.