### Disability Discrimination Ordinance 《殘疾歧視條例》

53. Discriminatory training by certain bodies
(1) Nothing in Part 3, 4 or 5 shall render unlawful any act done in relation to particular work by any person in, or in connection with—
(a) affording persons with a disability only, or persons without a disability only, access to facilities for training which would help to fit them for that work; or
(b) encouraging persons with a disability only, or persons without a disability only, to take advantage of opportunities for doing that work,

where it reasonably appears to that person that at any time within the 12 months immediately preceding the doing of the act there were no persons with or without a disability, as the case may be, doing that work in Hong Kong, or the number of persons with or without a disability, respectively, doing the work in Hong Kong was comparatively small.
(2) This section shall not apply in relation to any discrimination which is rendered unlawful by section 11.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)

### Disability Discrimination Ordinance 《殘疾歧視條例》

54. Other discriminatory training, etc.
(1) Nothing in Part 3, 4 or 5 shall render unlawful any act done by an employer in relation to particular work in his employment, being an act done in, or in connection with—
(a) affording his employees with a disability only, or his employees without a disability only, access to facilities for training which would help to fit them for that work; or
(b) encouraging persons with a disability only, or persons without a disability only, to take advantage of opportunities for doing that work,

where at any time within the 12 months immediately preceding the doing of the act there were no persons with or without a disability, as the case may be, among those doing that work or the number of persons with or without a disability, respectively, doing the work was comparatively small.
(2) Nothing in section 16 shall render unlawful any act done by an organization to which that section applies in, or in connection with—
(a) affording members with a disability of the organization only, or members without a disability of the organization only, access to facilities for training which would help to fit them for holding a post of any kind in the organization; or
(b) encouraging members with a disability only, or members without a disability only, to take advantage of opportunities for holding such posts in the organization,

where at any time within the 12 months immediately preceding the doing of the act there were no persons with or without a disability, as the case may be, among persons holding such posts in the organization or the number of persons with or without a disability, respectively, holding such posts was comparatively small.
(3) Nothing in Part 3, 4 or 5 shall render unlawful any act done by an organization to which section 16 applies in, or in connection with, encouraging persons with a disability only, or persons without a disability only, to become members of the organization where at any time within the 12 months immediately preceding the doing of the act there were no persons with or without a disability, as the case may be, among those members or the number of persons with or without a disability, respectively, among the members was comparatively small.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)

### Disability Discrimination Ordinance 《殘疾歧視條例》

55. Elections in respect of trade unions, etc.
(1) If an organization to which section 16 applies comprises a body the membership of which is wholly or mainly elected, nothing in that section shall render unlawful provision which ensures that a minimum number of persons with or without a disability are members of the body—
(a) by reserving seats on the body for those persons respectively; or
(b) by making extra seats on the body available (by election or co-option or otherwise) for those persons respectively on occasions when the number of those persons respectively in the other seats is below the minimum,

where in the opinion of the organization the provision is in the circumstances needed to secure a reasonable lower limit to the number of members with or without a disability, as the case may be, serving on the body; and nothing in Part 3, 4 or 5 shall render unlawful any act done in order to give effect to such a provision.
(2) This section shall not be taken as making lawful—
(a) discrimination in the arrangements for determining the persons entitled to vote in an election of members of the body, or otherwise to choose the persons to serve on the body; or
(b) discrimination in any arrangements concerning membership of the organization itself.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)

56. Indirect access to benefits, etc.
(1) References in this Ordinance to the affording by any person of access to benefits, services or facilities are not limited to benefits, services or facilities provided by that person himself, but include any means by which it is in that person’s power to facilitate access to benefits, services or facilities provided by any other person (actual provider

### Disability Discrimination Ordinance 《殘疾歧視條例》

57. Acts done for purposes of protection of persons with disability
(1) Nothing in—
(a) the provisions of Part 3;
(b) the provisions of Part 4 so far as it applies to vocational training; or
(c) the provisions of Part 5 so far as it has effect in relation to any of the provisions referred to in paragraph (a) or (b),

shall render unlawful any act done by a person in relation to a person with a disability if—
(i) it was necessary for that first-mentioned person to do it in order to comply with a requirement of an existing statutory provision concerning the protection of persons with a disability; or
(ii) it was necessary for that first-mentioned person to do it in order to comply with a requirement of a provision specified in Schedule 3 and it was done by that person for the purpose of the protection of the second-mentioned person (or of any class of persons with a disability that included that second-mentioned person).
(2) In subsection (1)—
(a) the reference in paragraph (i) of that subsection to an existing statutory provision concerning the protection of persons with a disability is a reference to any such provision having effect for the purpose of protecting those persons as regards circumstances giving rise to risks specifically affecting those persons (or any class of those persons) whether the provision relates only to such protection or to the protection of any other persons as well;
(b) the reference in paragraph (ii) of that subsection to the protection of a particular person with a disability or class of persons with a disability is a reference to the protection of that person or those persons as regards any circumstances falling within paragraph (a).
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the provisions of subsections (1)(ii) and (2)(b), section 12(3)(c) and Schedule 3 shall expire on the 1st anniversary of the day on which this Ordinance is enacted.
(4) Prior to the expiry of the provisions referred to in subsection (3), the Legislative Council may, by resolution, amend that subsection to extend those provisions for a period of 1 year.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)

58. Acts done under statutory authority to be exempt from certain provisions of Part 4
(1) Nothing in—
(a) the relevant provisions of Part 4; or
(b) Part 5 so far as it has effect in relation to those provisions,

shall render unlawful any act done by a person if it was necessary for that person to do it in order to comply with a requirement of an existing statutory provision.
(2) In subsection (1), the relevant provisions of Part 4 (第4部的有關條文) means the provisions of Part 4 except so far as they apply to vocational training or harassment.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)