Version as at 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) 54 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) 55 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) 56 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 57 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 49