Part VII, Section 75 · Employment Equality Act 1998

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75Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission and other officers.#

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(2)Subject to regulation 63, the amount of—

(2A)Unless paragraph (3A) or (4) applies, and subject to paragraph (8A) , when more than one brand appears on filled packaging, the owner of the brand who makes the first supply of the filled packaging is to be treated as the brand owner and producer in relation to that packaging and any packaging contained in, or forming part of, that packaging (whether or not that part of the packaging is branded) .

(3)Regulation 26 and 35(6) to (9) of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 ^note applies to a determination that the person is to be treated as having limited capability for work in accordance with this regulation as if such a determination had been made under regulation 16 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 or Part 5 of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.

(4)Regulation 6(2)(q) of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 ^note applies to a determination that the person is to be treated as having limited capability for work in accordance with this regulation as if such a determination had been made under regulation 20 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 ^note.

(4A)This paragraph applies to packaging—

(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).

(8)If P is a producer who is a licensor or pub operating business, Schedule 2 applies to determine whether P is subject to the data collection obligations in regulation 17(6).

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