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HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 1) 1999 - SECT 5

Purported complaint lodged but no decision as to whether it is a complaint
(1)
A purported complaint is treated in the way set out in subsection (2) if, before the starting day:

(a)
it was lodged with the Commission; and

(b)
the Commission had not decided whether it was a complaint within the meaning of the old DDA, old RDA or old SDA.

(2)
On the starting day:

(a)
the purported complaint is taken to have been lodged under section 46P of the new HREOCA; and

(b)
the Commission must then decide whether it is a complaint within the meaning of the new HREOCA.



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