Employment Equality Act 1998 Art. 75Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission and other officers.

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(4B) The Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission may delegate to an adjudication officer or an mediation officer any functions conferred on him or her under this Act ….

(5) The Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission, mediation officers and adjudication officers shall be independent in the performance of their functions.

(6) Subject to subsection (7), the delegation of a function under subsection (4B) shall not affect the continuing power of the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission to exercise that function concurrently with the officer to whom it is delegated.

(7) Where, under subsection (4B), the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission has delegated to an officer the function of hearing a case referred to the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission under section 77 or 86, or under section 21 of the Equal Status Act 2000—

(a) the delegation shall be taken to include the power to issue a decision in the case,

(b) the function may not be exercised concurrently by the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission, and

(c) the delegation may not be revoked or varied except at the request of the officer to whom the function was delegated or if there are exceptional circumstances preventing that officer from acting (or continuing to act).

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