Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Nothing in this
Act renders unlawful anything done by a person if it was necessary for the
person to do it in order to comply with a requirement of —
(a) any
other Act which is in force when this section comes into operation; or
(b) an
instrument made or approved under an Act referred to in paragraph (a) not
being —
(i)
the rules of a society registered under the
Co-operative and Provident Societies Act 1903 or of a co-operative
registered under the Co-operatives Act 2009 ; or
(ii)
the rules of a credit union within the meaning of the
Credit Unions Act 1979 4 ; or
(iii)
the rules of a society registered under the Friendly
Societies (Western Australia) Code 1999 ;
or
(c) an
order of the Tribunal; or
(d) an
order of a court; or
(e) an
order or award of a court or tribunal having power to fix minimum wages and
other terms and conditions of employment (including the payment by an employer
of a salary, wage or other remuneration in excess of the amount fixed by such
a court or tribunal and whether or not the payment of such salary, wage or
other remuneration, but for this provision would constitute unlawful
discrimination).
(2)
Subsection (1)(a), (b) and (e) shall, except to the extent that
regulations made for the purposes of this subsection provide otherwise, cease
to be in force at the expiration of 2 years after the coming into
operation of this section.
(3) Regulations made
for the purposes of subsection (2) may provide generally in relation to
the application of subsection (1)(a), (b) and (e) or may make provision
in relation to specified Acts, instruments, orders or awards.
[Section 69 amended by No. 74 of 1992
s. 20; No. 2 of 1999 s. 19(c); No. 12 of 2001 s. 48(3);
No. 17 of 2005 s. 26(4); No. 24 of 2009 s. 509(4).]