Industrial Relations Act, 1990
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Equality officers. |
37.—(1) The Commission may, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance, appoint members of its staff to be equality officers and a person so appointed shall be known (and is in this Part referred to) as an equality officer. | |
(2) The equality officers appointed before the establishment of the Commission under the Anti-Discrimination (Pay) Act, 1974 , as adapted by section 18 of the Employment Equality Act, 1977 , shall, after such establishment, perform their functions as officers of the Commission and not of the Court. | ||
(3) An equality officer shall be independent in the performance of his functions. | ||
(4) Section 6 (1) of the said Act of 1974 shall cease to have effect on the establishment of the Commission but without prejudice to any appointments previously made under that subsection. | ||
(5) References in the Anti-Discrimination (Pay) Act, 1974 , and the Employment Equality Act, 1977 , to equality officers shall be read as references to equality officers under this section. |