Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014
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Number 25 of 2014 | ||
IRISH HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COMMISSION ACT 2014 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Section | ||
1. Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement | ||
Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission | ||
9. Establishment of Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission | ||
17. Membership of Management Board of European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights | ||
19. Membership of either House of Oireachtas or European Parliament | ||
23. Accountability of Director to other Oireachtas Committees | ||
Enforcement and Compliance | ||
30. Provision of information to public, review of operation of certain enactments, etc. | ||
38. Register of equality and human rights compliance notices | ||
39. Injunctions for failure to comply with equality and human rights compliance application notice | ||
Dissolved Bodies | ||
49. Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, assets and liabilities to Commission | ||
50. Final accounts and final annual report of dissolved body | ||
Amendment of European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003 | ||
54. Enforceable right to compensation only to extent required by Article 5(5) of Convention | ||
55. Text of Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms | ||
Repeals | ||
Inquiries | ||
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms | ||
Insertion of a Schedule 6 in Act of 2003 | ||
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Acts Referred to | ||
British-Irish Agreement Act 1999 (No. 1) | ||
Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 (No. 32) | ||
Civil Service Commissioners Act 1956 (No. 45) | ||
Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005 | ||
Companies Acts | ||
Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 (No. 8) | ||
Comptroller and Auditor General Acts 1866 to 1998 | ||
Employment Equality Act 1998 (No. 21) | ||
Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2011 | ||
Equal Status Act 2000 (No. 8) | ||
Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2012 | ||
Human Rights Commission Act 2000 (No. 9) | ||
Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 (No. 31) | ||
Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37) | ||
Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005 | ||
Pensions Act 1990 (No. 25) | ||
Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2012 | ||
Solicitors Act 1954 (No. 36) | ||
Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007 | ||
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Number 25 of 2014 | ||
IRISH HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COMMISSION ACT 2014 | ||
An Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Coimisiún na hÉireann um Chearta an Duine agus Comhionannas or, in the English language, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission; to provide for the dissolution of the Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority and the transfer of their functions to that body; to provide for the conferral of other functions on the said body; to provide that the said body is the body designated for the purposes of Directive 2014/54/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers in the context of freedom of movement for workers1 ; to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 , the Equal Status Act 2000 and the European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003 ; to repeal the Human Rights Commission Act 2000 ; and to provide for matters connected therewith. | ||
[27 th July, 2014] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: | ||
