Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021
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Amendment of section 79 of Employment Equality Act 1998 | ||
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11. Section 79 of the Employment Equality Act 1998 is amended— | ||
(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2): | ||
“(2) An investigation under this section shall be held in public unless the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission, of his or her own motion or upon the application by or on behalf of any party, determines that, due to the existence of special circumstances, the investigation (or part thereof) should be held otherwise than in public.”, | ||
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(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7): | ||
“(8) (a) The Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission may require a person giving evidence in an investigation under this section to give such evidence on oath or affirmation and, for that purpose, cause to be administered an oath or affirmation to such person. | ||
(b) A person who, in or for the purpose of an investigation under this section, gives a statement material in the investigation while lawfully sworn as a witness that is false and that he or she knows to be false shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable— | ||
(i) on summary conviction, to a class B fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or | ||
(ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or both.”. |