Links to relevant legislation

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Commonwealth legislation

• Disability Discrimination Act 1992
• Disability Standards for Education 2005
• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986
• Equal Employment Opportunity (Commonwealth Authorities) Act 1987
• Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999

State legislation

• Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
• Disability Services Act 1993
• Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002
• Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998

Links to relevant policies

NSW DET Policies

• Policy of Reasonable Adjustment
  TAFE NSW Policy on reasonable adjustment for students with disabilities is also available as a CD-ROM for $10 from Access and General Education Curriculum Centre, Granville College of TAFE. Contact Program Manager, Community and Disabilities Programs (02) 9846 8240.
• Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
• NSW DET Disability Standards for Education

Other guidelines

• World Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes
• NSW Government web usability and accessibility guide

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