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1 July 2024
Human Rights Act 1993
Part 2 s 57
licensees or invitees of the occupier of any land or any residential or business
accommodation.
Compare: 1977 No 49 s 25(1), (2)
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Exception in relation to shared residential accommodation
Nothing in section 53 shall apply to residential accommodation which is to be
shared with the person disposing of the accommodation, or on whose behalf it
is disposed of.
Compare: 1977 No 49 s 25(4)
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Exception in relation to hostels, institutions, etc
Nothing in section 53 shall apply to accommodation in any hostel or in any
establishment (such as a hospital, club, school, university, religious institution,
or retirement village), or in any part of a hostel or any such establishment,
where accommodation is provided only for persons of the same sex, marital
status, or religious or ethical belief, or for persons with a particular disability,
or for persons in a particular age group.
Compare: 1977 No 49 s 25(3)
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Further exception in relation to disability
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), nothing in section 53 shall apply, in relation to any
accommodation, if the disability of the person is such that there would be a
risk of harm to that person or others, including the risk of infecting others
with an illness, if that person were to live in that accommodation and it is not
reasonable to take that risk.
(2)
Subsection (1) shall not apply if the person in charge of the accommodation
could, without unreasonable disruption, take reasonable measures to reduce the
risk to a normal level.
(3)
Nothing in section 53 makes it unlawful to fail to provide special services or
facilities designed to make accommodation suitable for occupation by a person
with a disability, if those special services or facilities cannot reasonably be
provided in the circumstances.
Section 56(3): added, on 10 September 2008, by section 8 of the Human Rights Amendment Act
2008 (2008 No 65).
Discrimination in access to educational establishments
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Educational establishments
(1)
It shall be unlawful for an educational establishment, or the authority respon‐
sible for the control of an educational establishment, or any person concerned
in the management of an educational establishment or in teaching at an educa‐
tional establishment,—
(a)
to refuse or fail to admit a person as a pupil or student; or
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