Period within which respondent must reply
29.—(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.”.