AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ACT 1986 - SECT 27 Commission to give opportunity for making of submissions

AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ACT 1986 - SECT 27

    Where it appears to the Commission as a result of an inquiry into an act or practice that the act or practice is inconsistent with or contrary to any human right, the Commission shall not furnish a report to the Minister in relation to the act or practice until it has given a reasonable opportunity to the person who did the act or engaged in the practice, to do, at the option of the person, either or both of the following:

  (a)   to appear before the Commission, whether in person or by a representative, and make oral submissions in relation to the act or practice;

  (b)   to make written submissions to the Commission in relation to the act or practice.