Section 77 (forum for seeking redress) of the Act of 1998 is amended -

(a) in subsection (4), by deleting the opening words up to and including "and" in paragraph (a) and inserting:

"(4) In this Part, in relation to a claim referred under any provision of this section -

(a) 'the complainant' means -

(i) the person by whom it is referred, or

(ii) where such a person is unable, by reason of an intellectual or a psychological disability, to pursue it effectively, his or her parent, guardian or other person acting in place of a parent, and",

(b) by substituting the following subsections for subsections (5) and (6):

"(5)

(a) Subject to paragraph (b), a claim for redress in respect of discrimination or victimisation may not be referred under this section after the end of the period of 6 months from the date of occurrence of the discrimination or victimisation to which the case relates or, as the case may be, the date of its most recent occurrence.