Hong Kong Ordinances

FAMILY STATUS DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE - SECT 47

Codes of practice

(1) The Commission may issue codes of practice containing such practical
guidance as it thinks fit for the purposes of-

   (a)  the elimination of discrimination;

   (b)  the promotion of equality of opportunity between persons irrespective
        of family status.

(2) The provisions of section 69(2) to (15) of the relevant  Ordinance apply
to and in relation to a code of practice proposed to be issued or issued under
subsection (1) subject to the modifications described in subsection (3).

(3) The modifications referred to in subsection (2) are as follows-

   (a)  any references to discrimination in the provisions referred to in
        subsection (2) shall be construed as references to discrimination
        under this Ordinance;

   (b)  any reference to discrimination between men and women in those
        provisions shall be construed as a reference to discrimination under
        this Ordinance;

   (c)  the references in those provisions to a code of practice shall be
        construed as references to a code of practice prepared, published or
        issued under this section, as the case may require; and

   (d)  any reference in those provisions to another provision of section 69
        of the relevant Ordinance shall be construed as a reference to the
        corresponding provision of this section incorporated by virtue of
        subsection (2).