Part 2 s 58 Human Rights Act 1993 Version as at 1 July 2024 (b) to admit a person as a pupil or a student on less favourable terms and conditions than would otherwise be made available; or (c) to deny or restrict access to any benefits or services provided by the establishment; or (d) to exclude a person as a pupil or a student or subject him or her to any other detriment,— by reason of any of the prohibited grounds of discrimination. (2) In this section, educational establishment includes an establishment offering any form of training or instruction and an educational establishment under the control of an organisation or association referred to in section 40. Compare: 1977 No 49 s 26(1), (3) 58 Exceptions in relation to establishments for particular groups (1) An educational establishment maintained wholly or principally for students of one sex, race, or religious belief, or for students with a particular disability, or for students in a particular age group, or the authority responsible for the control of any such establishment, does not commit a breach of section 57 by refusing to admit students of a different sex, race, or religious belief, or students not having that disability or not being in that age group. (2) Nothing in section 57 shall prevent an organisation or association from afford‐ ing persons preferential access to facilities for training that would help to fit them for employment where it appears to that organisation or association that those persons are in special need of training by reason of the period for which they have not been engaged in regular full-time employment. (3) Nothing in section 57 shall prevent an organisation or association from provid‐ ing training, or facilities or opportunities for training (including facilities or opportunities by way of financial grants), only for persons above a particular age or in a particular age group. (4) Nothing in section 57 shall prevent the making of financial grants by an organ‐ isation or association only to persons above a particular age or in a particular age group. (5) Nothing in section 57 shall prevent an organisation or association from charg‐ ing different fees to persons in different age groups. Compare: 1977 No 49 s 26(2) 59 Exception in relation to courses and counselling Nothing in section 57 shall prevent the holding or provision, at any educational establishment, of courses or counselling restricted to persons of a particular sex, race, ethnic or national origin, or sexual orientation, where highly personal matters, such as sexual matters or the prevention of violence, are involved. 50

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