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4(1)Proceedings on a claim may not be brought after the end of the period of 6 months starting with the date when the conduct complained of occurred.
(2)If, in relation to proceedings or prospective proceedings under section 27 of the Equality Act 2006, the dispute is referred for conciliation in pursuance of arrangements under that section before the end of that period, the period is extended by 3 months.
(3)The Tribunal may consider a claim which is out of time.
(4)Sub-paragraph (3) does not apply if the Tribunal has previously decided under that sub-paragraph not to consider a claim.
(5)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)if the contravention is attributable to a term in a contract, the conduct is to be treated as extending throughout the duration of the contract;
(b)conduct extending over a period is to be treated as occurring at the end of the period;
(c)failure to do something is to be treated as occurring when the person in question decided on it.
(6)In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a person (P) is to be taken to decide on failure to do something—
(a)when P acts inconsistently with doing it, or
(b)if P does not act inconsistently, on the expiry of the period in which P might reasonably have been expected to do it.
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