New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ACT 1989 - SECT 9

9 Making of complaints

(1) Complaints may be made by any person to the Council about any of the following matters:

(a) misconduct by an entertainment industry representative, an entertainment industry employer or a performer,

(b) an entertainment industry contract or a provision of such a contract that is unfair, harsh or unconscionable,

(c) the failure of a person to pay an amount owing to an entertainment industry employer, an entertainment industry representative or a performer under an award, industrial agreement or entertainment industry contract.

(2) A complaint must be in writing and give particulars of the matter the subject of the complaint.

(3) The Council may:

(a) dismiss a complaint without further action if, in the opinion of the Council, it is frivolous or vexatious or if it is not accompanied by sufficient particulars, or

(b) refer the complaint to the Complaints Committee.

(4) The Council may itself make a complaint under this section and refer it to the Complaints Committee.