Removal of limit on amount of awards

3.—(1) In section 26 of the 1976 Act (remedies on complaint to the Fair Employment Tribunal in respect of unlawful discrimination), subsection (4) (limit on the amount of compensation) is hereby repealed.

(2) In consequence of paragraph (1), the following provisions of the 1976 Act are hereby repealed, namely—

(a)in section 26(5)(a), the words “(subject to the limit in subsection (4))”;

(b)section 26(9), (10) and (12); and

(c)in section 56(2) the words “26(9) or”.