Paragraph 117 Disability Discrimination Act 1995

In section 28J (procedure)—

(a)

in subsection (1)—

(i)

after “Regulations may” insert “, with the agreement of the Welsh Ministers,”;

(ii)

in paragraph (a) before “Tribunal” insert “Welsh”; and

(iii)

in paragraph (b) after “claim” insert “to the Welsh Tribunal”;

(b)

in subsection (2)(b) and (k) before “Tribunal” insert “Welsh”;

(c)

omit subsection (2A);

(d)

in subsection (3) omit “the Tribunal or”;

(e)

in subsection (5)—

(i)

after “State may” insert “, with the agreement of the Welsh Ministers,”; and

(ii)

omit “the Tribunal or”;

(f)

omit subsection (6);

(g)

in subsection (7) omit “the Tribunal or”;

(h)

in subsection (8)(b) for “Tribunal” substitute “First-tier Tribunal”;

(i)

after subsection (9) insert—

“(9A)
A person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement which—

(a)
is imposed by Tribunal Procedure Rules in relation to claims of unlawful discrimination under this Chapter made to the First-tier Tribunal, and

(b)
corresponds to a requirement mentioned in subsection (9)(a) or (b),

is guilty of an offence.”; and

(j)

in subsection (10) after “subsection (9)” insert “or (9A)”.