Seanad amendment No. 78:Section 45: In page 43, lines 9 to 15, to delete all words from and including “(1) A” in line 9 down to and including line 15 and substitute the following:“(1) (a) A party to proceedings under section 42 may appeal a decision of an adjudication officer given in those proceedings to the Labour Court and, where the party does so, the Labour Court shall—(i) give the parties to the appeal an opportunity to be heard by it and to present to it any evidence relevant to the appeal, (ii) make a decision in relation to the appeal in accordance with the relevant redress provision, and (iii) give the parties to the appeal a copy of that decision in writing.(b) In this subsection “relevant redress provision” means—(i) in relation to an appeal from a decision of an adjudication officer under section 42 relating to a complaint under that section of a contravention of a provision of an enactment specified in Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 5, the provision of that enactment specified in Part 2 of Schedule 6, (ii) in relation to an appeal from a decision of an adjudication officer under section 42 relating to a dispute as to the entitlements of an employee under an enactment specified in Part 3 of Schedule 5, the provision of that enactment specified in Part 2 of Schedule 6, and (iii) in relation to an appeal from a decision of an adjudication officer under section 42 relating to a complaint under subsection (3) of that section, paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act of 2012.”.

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