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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 135

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 135

135 .         Tribunal may grant exemptions

        (1)         The Tribunal may, on application by a person, by order, grant to the person an exemption from the operation of a specified provision of Part II, IIAA, IIA, IIB, III, IV, IVA, IVB or IVC.

        (2)         The Tribunal may, on application by a person to whom an exemption from a provision of Part II, IIAA, IIA, IIB, III, IV, IVA, IVB or IVC has been granted under subsection (1), by order, grant to the person a further exemption from the operation of that provision.

        (3)         The Tribunal shall cause notice of an application for an exemption, a further exemption or the variation of an exemption or further exemption to be given by newspaper advertisement or otherwise, in such form and manner as the Tribunal may direct.

        [(4)         deleted]

        (5)         Section 113 applies to an application under this section in the same way as that section applies to an inquiry.

        (6)         An exemption or further exemption —

            (a)         may be granted subject to such terms and conditions as are specified in the order; and

            (b)         may be varied either on the application of the person to whom the exemption is granted or at the instance of the Tribunal; and

            (c)         may be expressed to apply only in such circumstances, or in relation to such activities, as are specified in the order; and

            (d)         shall be granted for a period specified in the order not exceeding 5 years.

        [Section 135 amended: No. 10 of 1998 s. 33(3) and (4); No. 2 of 2000 s. 28; No. 3 of 2002 s. 55; No. 55 of 2004 s. 319; No. 48 of 2012 s. 52.]