Equality Act 2004

New section 77A.

33.—The Act of 1998 is amended by inserting the following section after section 77:

“Dismissal of claim.

77A.—(1) The Director may dismiss a claim at any stage if of opinion that it has been made in bad faith or is frivolous, vexatious or misconceived or relates to a trivial matter.

(2) (a) Not later than 42 days after the Director dismisses a claim under this section, the complainant may appeal against the decision to the Labour Court on notice to the Director specifying the grounds of the appeal.

(b) On the appeal the Labour Court may affirm or quash the decision.”.