Equal Opportunity Act 1984

Each authority shall prepare and implement an equal opportunity management plan in order to achieve the objects of this Part.

The management plan of an authority shall include provisions relating to —

the devising of policies and programmes by which the objects of this Part are to be achieved; and

the communication of those policies and programmes to persons within the authority; and

the collection and recording of appropriate information; and

the review of personnel practices within the authority (including recruitment techniques, selection criteria, training and staff development programmes, promotion and transfer policies and patterns, and conditions of service) with a view to the identification of any discriminatory practices; and

the setting of goals or targets, where these may reasonably be determined, against which the success of the management plan in achieving the objects of this Part may be assessed; and

the means, other than those referred to in paragraph (e), of evaluating the policies and programmes referred to in paragraph (a); and

the revision and amendment of the management plan; and

the appointment of persons within the authority to implement the provisions referred to in paragraphs (a) to (g).

The management plan of an authority may include provisions, other than those referred to in subsection (2), which are not inconsistent with the objects of this Part.

The preparation of a management plan shall take place and the implementation of the management plan shall commence without delay and —

in the case of an authority referred to in section 139(1)(a), (b), (c) or (d), other than an authority which is an institution of tertiary education, on or before such day as is specified in the regulations in respect of that authority and if no day is so specified in respect of an authority on or before the day that is 3 years after the day when this Part comes into operation; and

in the case of an institution of tertiary education or an authority the subject of regulations under section 139(1)(e), on or before such day as is specified in the regulations.

An authority may, from time to time, amend its management plan.

Each authority shall send a copy of its management plan, and any amendment of the plan, to the Director as soon as practicable after the management plan or the amendment, as the case may be, has been prepared.