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.