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SEX DISCRIMINATION (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 64

64.(1) Where a complaint is presented to an industrial tribunal under Article
63, or under section 2(1) of the Equal Pay Act, the Secretary of the Central
Office of the Industrial Tribunals shall send a copy of the complaint to [the
Labour Relations Agency] and it shall be the duty of [the Agency]

(a)if it is requested to do so by both the complainant and the respondent, or

(b)if, in the absence of requests by the complainant and the respondent, it
considers that it could act under this paragraph with a reasonable prospect of
success,

(2) Where, before a complaint such as is mentioned in paragraph (1) has been
presented to an industrial tribunal, a request is made to [the Labour
Relations Agency] to make its services available in the matter by a person
who, if the complaint were so presented, would be the complainant or
respondent, paragraph (1) shall apply as if the complaint had been so
presented and a copy of it had been sent to [the Agency].

(3) In proceeding under paragraph (1) or (2), [the Labour Relations Agency]
shall where appropriate have regard to the desirability of encouraging the use
of other procedures available for the settlement of grievances,

(4) Anything communicated to [the Labour Relations Agency] in connection with
the performance of its functions under this Article shall not be admissible in
evidence in any proceedings before an industrial tribunal except with the
consent of the person who communicated it to [the Agency].

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