Section 39.

The Employment Equality Act, 1998, is hereby amended-

(a) in section 2(1) (interpretation), by the insertion-

(i) after the definition of ''disability’’, of:

'' 'discrimination’, in Parts V and VI, includes prohibited conduct within the meaning of the Equal Status Act, 2000, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;’’, and

(ii) after the definition of ''trade union’’, of:

'' 'Traveller community’ means the community of people commonly so called who are identified (both by themselves and others) as people with a shared history, culture and traditions including, historically, a nomadic way of life on the island of Ireland;’’,

(b) in section 6 (discrimination), by the substitution in subsection (2)(i) of ''Traveller’’ for ''traveller’’ on both occasions where it occurs,

(c) in section 12 (vocational training)-

(i) by the substitution, in the opening words of subsection (7), of ''Without prejudice to section 3 of the Refugee Act, 1996, nothing in subsection (1)’’ for ''Nothing in subsection (1)’’ and ''an educational’’ for ''a vocational’’,