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PART 3
Amendments to Equal Status Act 2000
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Amendment of section 2.
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47.—Section 2 (interpretation) of the Act of 2000 is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1)—
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(i) by substituting the following definition for the definition of “proceedings”:
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“‘proceedings’ means—
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(a) proceedings before the person, body or court dealing with a request or reference under this Act by or on behalf of a person, and
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(b) any subsequent proceedings, including proceedings on appeal, arising from the request or reference,
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but does not include proceedings for an offence under this Act;”,
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and
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(ii) by inserting the following definition:
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“‘provision’ means a term in a contract or a requirement, criterion, practice, regime, policy or condition affecting a person;”,
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and
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(b) by adding the following subsection:
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“(3) In any proceedings a respondent is presumed, unless the contrary is shown, to fail to do something when—
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(a) the respondent does an act inconsistent with doing it, or
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(b) the period expires during which the respondent might reasonably have been expected to do it.”.
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