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EQUAL STATUS ACT, 2000
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PART V General | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Expenses. |
40. —Any expenses incurred in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Regulations. |
41. —(1) The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of giving effect to this Act including regulations prescribing forms and the information to be contained in any notice to be used for any purpose under this Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (2) The Minister may by regulations specify, in cases where provision is not otherwise made in that behalf by regulations under this Act or the Employment Equality Act, 1998 — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (a) procedures to be followed by the Director or, as the case may be, the Labour Court, in carrying out functions under this Act or the Employment Equality Act, 1998 , and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (b) time limits applicable to the carrying out of such functions, including procedures for extending those limits in certain circumstances. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | but before making any such regulations the Minister shall— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (i) in the case of any such regulations relating to the functions of the Labour Court, consult with the Authority and the Labour Court and obtain the consent of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (ii) in any other case, consult with the Authority and the Director. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (3) Every regulation made under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under it. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (4) Any regulation made under this Act may contain such consequential, supplementary and ancillary provisions as the Minister considers necessary or expedient. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vicarious liability. |
42. —(1) Anything done by a person in the course of his or her employment shall, in any proceedings brought under this Act, be treated for the purposes of this Act as done also by that person's employer, whether or not it was done with the employer's knowledge or approval. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (2) Anything done by a person as agent for another person, with the authority (whether express or implied and whether precedent or subsequent) of that other person shall, in any proceedings brought under this Act, be treated for the purposes of this Act as done also by that other person. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (3) In proceedings brought under this Act against an employer in respect of an act alleged to have been done by an employee of the employer, it shall be a defence for the employer to prove that the employer took such steps as were reasonably practicable to prevent the employee— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (a) from doing that act, or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (b) from doing in the course of his or her employment acts of that description. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Offences generally. |
43. —(1) A person guilty of an offence under any provision of this Act shall be liable— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £1,500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both, or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding £25,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (2) If the contravention in respect of which a person is convicted of an offence under any provision of this Act is continued after the conviction, the person shall be guilty of a further offence on every day on which the contravention continues and for each such offence shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £250 or, on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding £1,500. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Offence-related provisions. |
44. —(1) Summary proceedings for an offence under any provision of this Act may be instituted by the Minister or the Authority. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (2) Where an offence under this Act which is committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any person who, when the offence was committed, was a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if guilty of the offence committed by the body corporate. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (3) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (2) applies as if the reference to a director in that subsection were a reference to a member of the body corporate. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (4) Notwithstanding section 10(4) of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, summary proceedings for an offence under any provision of this Act may be instituted within 12 months from the date of the offence. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Court jurisdiction. |
45. — The jurisdiction conferred on the Circuit Court or District Court in proceedings under this Act shall be exercised by a judge of that Court for the time being assigned to the circuit or, as the case may be, the district in which the defendant ordinarily resides or carries on any profession, business or occupation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Application of Act. |
46. —(1) The provisions of this Act shall extend to and apply in respect of any ship or aircraft registered in the State that is operated by a person who has a principal place of business or ordinary place of residence in the State, whether or not the ship or aircraft is outside the State. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (2) An act which— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (a) is done on or in respect of such a ship or aircraft while subject to the jurisdiction of a country outside the State, and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | (b) is required to be done to comply with the law of that country, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[GA] | shall not constitute discrimination for the purposes of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amendment of Employment Equality Act, 1998. |
47. —The Employment Equality Act, 1998 , is hereby amended by the insertion of the following section after section 105: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Commencement. |
48. —This Act shall come into operation on such day as may be fixed by order made by the Minister, and different days may be so fixed for different provisions and for different purposes. |