Version as at 1 July 2024 Human Rights Act 1993 Part 3 s 76 gibility for which may, in whole or in part, be determined by a person’s age, employment status, or family status. Compare: 1977 No 49 s 29; 1992 No 16 s 13(1) 74 Measures relating to pregnancy, childbirth, or family responsibilities For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that preferential treatment granted by reason of— (a) a woman’s pregnancy or childbirth; or (b) a person’s responsibility for part-time care or full-time care of children or other dependants— shall not constitute a breach of this Part. Compare: 1977 No 49 s 30 Part 3 Resolution of disputes about compliance with Part 1A and Part 2 Part 3: substituted, on 1 January 2002, by section 9 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96). 75 Object of this Part The object of this Part is to establish procedures that— (a) facilitate the provision of information to members of the public who have questions about discrimination; and (b) recognise that disputes about compliance with Part 1A or Part 2 are more likely to be successfully resolved if those disputes can be resolved promptly by the parties themselves; and (c) recognise that, if disputes about compliance with Part 1A or Part 2 are to be resolved promptly, expert problem-solving support, information, and assistance needs to be available to the parties to those disputes; and (d) recognise that the procedures for dispute resolution under this Part need to be flexible; and (e) recognise that judicial intervention at the lowest level needs to be that of a specialist decision-making body that is not inhibited by strict proced‐ ural requirements; and (f) recognise that difficult issues of law may need to be determined by higher courts. Section 75: substituted, on 1 January 2002, by section 9 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96). 76 Functions of Commission under this Part (1) The primary functions of the Commission under this Part are— 61