Period within which respondent must reply29
1
Article 74 of the 1976 Order (Help for aggrieved persons in obtaining information etc.) is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (1), after “discriminated against”, insert “or subjected to harassment”.
3
In paragraph (2)(b) (inferences for failure to reply), for “a reasonable period” substitute “the period applicable under paragraph (2A)”.
4
After paragraph (2) insert—
2A
The period applicable for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) is—
a
eight weeks beginning with the day when the question was served on the respondent, if the question relates to discrimination under—
i
any provision of Part III, or
ii
any provision of Part IV, so far as it applies to vocational training;
b
a reasonable period, as regards any other question.