SCHEDULES
E1SCHEDULE 3Sections F417A(8) and 25(6). Enforcement and Procedure
Sch. 3: word in side note substituted (E.W.S.) (3.7.2003 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.10.2004) by The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1673), regs. 1(2)(3), 29(2)(a) and same word substituted (N.I.) (21.2.2004 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.10.2004) by the Disability Discrimination Act (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/55), regs. 1(2)(3), 28(2)(a)
Part I Employment
Period within which proceedings must be brought
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A tribunal may consider any such complaint which is out of time if, in all the circumstances of the case, it considers that it is just and equitable to do so.
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For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—
a
where an unlawful act F3. . . is attributable to a term in a contract, that act is to be treated as extending throughout the duration of the contract;
b
any act extending over a period shall be treated as done at the end of that period; and
c
a deliberate omission shall be treated as done when the person in question decided upon it.
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In the absence of evidence establishing the contrary, a person shall be taken for the purposes of this paragraph to decide upon an omission—
a
when he does an act inconsistent with doing the omitted act; or
b
if he has done no such inconsistent act, when the period expires within which he might reasonably have been expected to do the omitted act if it was to be done.
In its application to Northern Ireland, this Schedule has effect subject to the modifications set out in Sch. 8; see s. 70(6)