Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Equal Opportunity Act 1995 - SECT 136

What may the Tribunal decide?

136. What may the Tribunal decide?

After hearing the evidence and representations that the parties to a complaint
desire to adduce or make, the Tribunal may-

   (a)  find the complaint or any part of it proven and make any one or more
        of the following orders-

   (i)  an order that the respondent refrain from committing any further
        contravention of this Act in relation to the complainant;

   (ii) an order that the respondent pay to the complainant within a specified
        period an amount the Tribunal thinks fit to compensate the complainant
        for loss, damage or injury suffered in consequence of the
        contravention;

   (iii) an order that the respondent do anything specified in the order with
        a view to redressing any loss, damage or injury suffered by the
        complainant as a result of the contravention; or

   (b)  find the complaint or any part of it proven but decline to take any
        further action in the matter; or

   (c)  find the complaint or any part of it not proven and make an order that
        the complaint or part be dismissed.

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