(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Act of 2015" means the Workplace Relations Act 2015;
"adjudication officer" has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2015;
"the complainant" has the meaning given by section 77(4);
"equality mediation officer" and "equality officer" mean officers appointed as such under subsection (4) or (4A) of section 75;
"the Equal Pay Directive" means Council Directive No. 75/117/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women;
"the Equal Treatment Directive" means Council Directive No. 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions;
"mediation officer" has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2015;
"the respondent" has the meaning given by section 77(4);
"victimisation" shall be construed in accordance with subsection (
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