The Employment Equality Act, 1998, is hereby amended by the insertion of the following section after section 105:

''Transitional provision.

106.

(1) This section applies to a claim for redress under a repealed enactment-

(a) which is made on or after the commencement of Part VII (the 'commencement date’), and

(b) which relates-

(i) only to conduct before the commencement date, or

(ii) to conduct both before and after that date.

(2) In this section-

'commencement date’ means the 18th day of October, 1999;

'conduct’ means conduct alleged to have occurred;

'repealed enactment’ means the Anti-Discrimination (Pay) Act, 1974, or the Employment Equality Act, 1977.

(3) A claim for redress to which this section applies shall-

(a) as regards the substance of the claim-

(i) if or in so far as the claim relates to conduct before the commencement date, be dealt with as if the enactment concerned had not been repealed, and

(ii) in so far as it may relate to conduct after that date, be dealt with under this Act,

and