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Anti-discrimination Act 1992
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37 Exemption – irrelevant criminal record
(1) A person may discriminate against another person on the grounds
of irrelevant criminal record in the area of work if:
(a) the work principally involves the care, instruction or
supervision of vulnerable persons; and
(b) the discrimination is reasonably necessary to protect the
physical, psychological or emotional well-being of those
vulnerable persons, having regard to all of the relevant
circumstances of the case including the person's actions.
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(2) In subsection (1):
vulnerable persons includes children, aged persons and persons
with a physical or intellectual disability or mental illness.