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| Chapter: |
487 |
Title: |
DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE |
Gazette Number: |
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| Section: |
25 |
Heading: |
Access to premises |
Version Date: |
30/06/1997 |
Premises, goods, services and facilities
(1) Subject to subsection (2), it is unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person with a disability-
(a) by refusing to allow that other person access to, or the use of, any premises that the public or a section of the public is entitled or allowed to enter or use (whether for payment or not);
(b) in the terms or conditions on which the first-mentioned person is prepared to allow that other person access to, or the use of, any such premises;
(c) in relation to the provision of means of access to such premises;
(d) by refusing to allow that other person the use of any facilities in such premises that the public or a section of the public is entitled or allowed to use (whether for payment or not);
(e) in the terms or conditions on which the first-mentioned person is prepared to allow that other person the use of any such facilities; or
(f) by requiring the other person to leave such premises or cease to use such facilities.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a person who discriminates against another person with a disability in relation to the provision of access to premises if-
(a) the premises are so designed or constructed as to be inaccessible to a person with a disability; and
(b) any alteration to the premises to provide such access would impose unjustifiable hardship on the first-mentioned person who would have to provide that access.
(Enacted 1995)
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