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SEX DISCRIMINATION (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 72

72.(1) Proceedings in respect of a contravention of Article 39, 40 or 41 shall
be brought only by the Commission in accordance with the following provisions
of this Article.

(2) The proceedings shall be

(a)an application for a decision whether the alleged contravention occurred,
or

(b)an application under paragraph (4),

(3) An application under paragraph (2)(a) shall be made

(a)in a case based on any provision of Part III, to an industrial tribunal,
and

(b)in any other case to a county court.

(4) If it appears to the Commission

(a)that a person has done an act which by virtue of Article 39, 40 or 41 was
unlawful, and

(b)that unless restrained he is likely to do further acts which by virtue of
that Article are unlawful,

(5) In proceedings under paragraph (4) the Commission shall not allege that
the person to whom the proceedings relate has done an act which is unlawful
under this Order and within the jurisdiction of an industrial tribunal unless
a finding by an industrial tribunal that he did that act has become final.

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