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Discrimination Act 1991
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57 Sporting activities—disability
discriminate on the ground of disability by excluding a person from
participation in any formally organised competitive sporting activity
if—
(a) the discrimination is reasonable, proportionate and justifiable in
the circumstances and—
(i) the person is not reasonably capable of performing the
actions reasonably required in relation to the sporting
activity; or
(ii) the people participating in the sporting activity are selected
in a reasonable way on the basis of their skills and abilities
relevant to the sporting activity and relative to each other;
or
(b) the activity is conducted for, or mainly for, people who have a
particular kind of disability and the person does not have a
disability of that kind.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the exclusion of people
from participation in—
(a) the coaching of people engaged in any sporting activity; or
(b) the umpiring or refereeing of any sporting activity; or
(c) the administration of any sporting activity; or
(d) any other formally organised competitive sporting activity
prescribed by regulation.