Age Discrimination Act 2004

This Part does not make an exempted employment program unlawful.

A Commonwealth program that provides young people with an opportunity to get work experience with a view to improving their prospects of getting employment would be covered by this subsection.

This Part does not make unlawful anything done by a person in accordance with an exempted employment program.

In this section:

is conducted by or on behalf of the Commonwealth Government; and

is primarily intended to:

improve the prospects of participants getting employment; or

increase workforce participation; and

meets at least one of the following requirements:

it is also intended to meet a need that arises out of the age of persons of a particular age, regardless whether the need also arises out of the age of persons of a different age;

it is also intended to reduce a disadvantage experienced by people of a particular age, regardless whether the disadvantage is also experienced by persons of a different age;

it requires participants to enter into contracts, and is not made available to persons under the age of 18;

it is made available to persons eligible for a particular Commonwealth benefit or allowance;

it is not made available to persons eligible for a particular Commonwealth benefit or allowance.