# The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Regulation 41: Jurisdiction of industrial tribunals

Extent: N.I.

(1) A complaint by any person (“the complainant”) that another person (“the respondent”)—
(a) has committed against the complainant an act to which this regulation applies; or
(b) is by virtue of regulation 26 (liability of employers and principals) or regulation 27 (aiding unlawful acts) to be treated as having committed against the complainant such an act,
may be presented to an industrial tribunal.
(2) This regulation applies to any act of discrimination or harassment which is unlawful by virtue of any provision of Part 2 other than—
(a) where the act is one in respect of which an appeal or proceedings in the nature of an appeal may be brought under any statutory provision, regulation 20 (qualifications bodies);
(b) regulation 24 (institutions of further and higher education); or
(c) where the act arises out of and is closely connected to a relationship between the complainant and the respondent which has come to an end but during the course of which an act of discrimination against, or harassment of, the complainant by the respondent would have been unlawful by virtue of regulation 25 (relationships which have come to an end).
(3) In paragraph (2)(c), reference to an act of discrimination or harassment which would have been unlawful includes, in the case of a relationship which has come to an end before the date on which the act of discrimination or harassment became unlawful by virtue of these Regulations , reference to an act of discrimination or harassment which would, after that date, have been unlawful.
(4) Where a complaint is presented to an industrial tribunal under paragraph (1) and it appears to the tribunal that the act to which the complaint relates is one in respect of which (as being unlawful discrimination within the meaning of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998)—
(a) a complaint could be made to the Fair Employment Tribunal for Northern Ireland under Part VI of that Order; or
(b) such a complaint has been made, but the proceedings under that Order have not been disposed of,
the tribunal shall not proceed further under these Regulations in relation to the complaint unless all proceedings which can be taken under the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 in respect of the act have been disposed of.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/261/regulation/41 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-age-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-41
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