Hong Kong Ordinances

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE - SECT 57

Acts done for purposes of protection of persons with disability

(1) Nothing in-

   (a)  the provisions of Part III;

   (b)  the provisions of Part IV so far as it applies to vocational 
        training; or

   (c)  the provisions of Part V so far as it has effect in relation to any of
        the provisions referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), shall render
        unlawful any act done by a person in relation to a person with a
        disability if-

        (i)    it was necessary for that first-mentioned person to do it in
               order to comply with a requirement of an
               existing statutory provision concerning the protection of
               persons with a disability; or

        (ii)   it was necessary for that first-mentioned person to do it in
               order to comply with a requirement of a provision specified in
               Schedule 3 and it was done by that person for the purpose of
               the protection of the second-mentioned person (or of any class
               of persons with a disability that included that
               second-mentioned person).

(2) In subsection (1)-

   (a)  the reference in paragraph (i) of that subsection to an
        existing statutory provision concerning the protection of persons with
        a disability is a reference to any such provision having effect for
        the purpose of protecting those persons as regards circumstances
        giving rise to risks specifically affecting those persons (or any
        class of those persons) whether the provision relates only to such
        protection or to the protection of any other persons as well;

   (b)  the reference in paragraph (ii) of that subsection to the protection
        of a particular person with a disability or class of persons with a
        disability is a reference to the protection of that person or those
        persons as regards any circumstances falling within paragraph (a).

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the provisions of subsections

(1)(ii) and (2)(b), section 12(3)(c) and Schedule 3 shall expire on the 1st
anniversary of the day on which this Ordinance is enacted.

(4) Prior to the expiry of the provisions referred to in subsection

(3), the Legislative Council may, by resolution, amend that subsection to
extend those provisions for a period of 1 year. (Enacted 1995)