Part 2 Prohibition of disability discrimination
Division 2A Disability standards
Section 31
Division 2A—Disability standards
31 Disability standards
(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, formulate standards,
to be known as disability standards, in relation to any area in
which it is unlawful under this Part for a person to discriminate
against another person on the ground of a disability of the other
person.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a disability standard may:
(a) deal with the following:
(i) reasonable adjustments;
(ii) strategies and programs to prevent harassment or
victimisation of persons with a disability;
(iii) unjustifiable hardship;
(iv) exemptions from the disability standard, including the
power (if any) of the Commission to grant such
exemptions; or
(b) provide that the disability standard, in whole or in part, is or
is not intended to affect the operation of a law of a State or
Territory.
(3) Before making a disability standard, the Minister must take into
consideration any comments made to the Minister by a Minister of
a State or Territory who is responsible for matters relating to
disability discrimination.
(4) A legislative instrument made under this section does not take
effect before the end of the period in which it could be disallowed
in either House of the Parliament.
32 Unlawful to contravene disability standards
It is unlawful for a person to contravene a disability standard.
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Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Compilation No. 33
Compilation date: 12/4/18
Authorised Version C2018C00125 registered 19/04/2018
Registered: 19/4/18