38BSpecial measures to address inequality of opportunity

38B Special measures to address inequality of opportunity (1) The merit principle does not prevent the implementation of special measures.

Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 30 (2) The Chief Executive Officer of an Agency must not implement special measures in connection with human resource management in the Agency unless the measures have been approved by the special measures means a program, plan or arrangement to which section 57 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1992 applies. Note for section 38B Section 57 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1992 allows a person in certain circumstances to discriminate against another person in a way that would otherwise be unlawful under that Act if doing so is designed to promote equality of opportunity for a group of people who are disadvantaged.