(1) The Act of 1977 is amended -

(a) in section 1, by the insertion of the following definitions:

"'Act of 2015' means the Workplace Relations Act 2015;

'adjudication officer' has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2015;

'Director General' means the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission;",

(b) by the substitution, in paragraph (d) of subsection (2A) of section 2, of "the adjudication officer or the Labour Court" for "the rights commissioner, the Tribunal or the Circuit Court",

(c) by the substitution, in subsection (5) of section 2A of "the adjudication officer or the Labour Court" for "the rights commissioner, the Tribunal or the Circuit Court",

(d) by the substitution, in subsection (2A) of section 5, of "the adjudication officer or the Labour Court" for "the rights commissioner, the Tribunal or the Circuit Court",

(e) by the substitution, in subsection (7) of section 6, of "the adjudication officer or the Labour Court" for "the rights commissioner, the Tribunal or the Circuit Court",

(f) in subsection (1) of section 7, by the substitution of "the adjudication officer or the Labour Court" for "the rights commissioner, the Tribunal or the Circuit Court",