Exemption – irrelevant criminal record

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(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.

(2)

In subsection (1):

vulnerable persons includes children, aged persons and persons with a physical or intellectual disability or mental illness.

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37 Exemption – irrelevant criminal record