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The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, Section 42 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 18 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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Conciliation for disputes under this PartN.I.
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42.—(1) The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland may make arrangements with any other person for the provision of conciliation services by, or by persons appointed by, that person in connection with disputes.
(2) In deciding what arrangements (if any) to make, the Commission shall have regard to the desirability of securing, so far as reasonably practicable, that conciliation services are available for all disputes which the parties may wish to refer to conciliation.
(3) No member or employee of the Commission may provide conciliation services in connection with disputes.
(4) The Commission shall ensure that arrangements under this Article include appropriate safeguards to prevent the disclosure to members or employees of the Commission of information obtained by any person in connection with the provision of conciliation services in accordance with the arrangements.
(5) Paragraph (4) does not apply to information which is disclosed with the consent of the parties to the dispute to which it relates.
(6) Paragraph (4) does not apply to information which—
(a)does not identify a particular dispute or a particular person; and
(b)is reasonably required by the Commission for the purpose of monitoring the operation of the arrangements concerned.
(7) Anything communicated to a person providing conciliation services in accordance with arrangements under this Article is not admissible in evidence in any proceedings except with the consent of the person who communicated it.
(8) In this Article—
“conciliation services” means advice and assistance provided to the parties to a dispute, by a conciliator, with a view to promoting its settlement otherwise than through a court, tribunal or other body;
“dispute” means a dispute arising under an earlier Chapter of this Part concerning an allegation of discrimination or harassment and here—
(a)
“discrimination” means anything which is made unlawful discrimination by a provision of the Chapter concerned; and
(b)
“harassment” means anything which is made unlawful harassment by a provision of the Chapter concerned.
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