Hong Kong Ordinances

FAMILY STATUS DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE - SECT 18

Discrimination by responsible bodies for educational establishments

PART IV

DISCRIMINATION IN OTHER FIELDS

Education

(1) It is unlawful for the responsible body for an educational  establishment
to discriminate against a person who has family status-

   (a)  in the terms on which it offers to admit that person to the
        establishment as a student;

   (b)  by refusing or deliberately omitting to accept an application for that
        person's admission to the establishment as a student; or

   (c)  where that person is a student of the establishment-

        (i)    in the way it affords him access to any benefits, facilities or
               services, or by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford him
               access to them; or

        (ii)   by excluding him from the establishment or subjecting him to
               any other detriment.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that subsection (1) does
not apply to any act done by the responsible body for an
educational establishment in order to comply with-

   (a)  the system commonly known as the Primary One Admission System or any
        scheme, system or programme that replaces that System in whole or in
        part;

   (b)  the system commonly known as the Secondary School Places Allocation
        System or any scheme, system or programme that replaces that System in
        whole or in part; or

   (c)  any provision of a law, being a provision relating to the admission of
        students.