Employment Equality Act 1998 Art. 95Requirements on persons to provide information.

95.—(1) For the purpose of enabling the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission or the Labour Court to exercise their functions under this Part, the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission or the Chairman of the Labour Court—

(a) may require any person who, in the opinion of the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission or the Chairman (as the case may be) is in possession of, or has in his or her power or control, any information that is relevant to the exercise of those functions to furnish that information to the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission or the Chairman, and

(b) where appropriate, may require any such person to attend before the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission or the Chairman for that purpose,

and the person shall comply with any requirement so made.

(2) A requirement under subsection (1) may specify a time and place at which information is to be furnished or a person is to attend; and if no such time or place is specified in the requirement, the person to whom the requirement is addressed shall comply with it as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(3) Any persons required to attend before the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission or the Chairman of the Labour Court under subsection (1)(b) shall—

(a) answer fully and truthfully any questions put to them by the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission or the Chairman (other than any question tending to incriminate the person asked), and

(b) if so requested by the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission or the Chairman, sign a declaration of the truth of their answers to any such questions.

(4) For the purpose of enabling an adjudication officer nominated by the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission under section 80(4) to perform the functions of investigating and preparing a report on a question specified by the Circuit Court, subsections (1) to (3) shall apply with the substitution of a reference to the adjudication officer for any reference to the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission.