Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 50 is intended to ensure that all complaints in disputes referred to a rights commissioner prior to the commencement of Part 4 of this Bill when enacted, can be decided by an adjudication officer who was, immediately prior to the commencement, a rights commissioner. This additional subsection(10) specifically provides that in respect of such complaints and disputes, the adjudication officer to whom they are assigned will continue to perform the functions that were vested in him as a rights commissioner under the relevant legislation. This is to ensure that the legitimate expectations of the parties in question concerned are respected and legal entitlements that existed on the date the complaint was referred. It is a transitional provision.