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DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 1993 - SECT 42

42 .         Director to decide, give reasons etc.

        (1)         After an investigation the Director must decide whether or not any unreasonable conduct referred to in section 33(2) has occurred and must give written notice of the decision to — 

            (a)         in the case of a complaint — the complainant and the respondent;

            (b)         in the case of an investigation conducted under section 46 — the Minister and any person affected by the decision; or

            (c)         in the case of a matter referred under section 46A(1) — the presiding officer of the House or committee and any person affected by the decision.

        (2)         The written notice must be provided —

            (a)         in a case referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b) — within 14 days after the decision is made; and

            (b)         in a case referred to in subsection (1)(c) — within any time limit set out in the referral of the House or committee.

        (3)         The written notice must — 

            (a)         include the reasons for the decision; and

            (b)         if the Director has decided that unreasonable conduct has occurred, set out any action that the Director recommends ought to be taken to remedy the matter by — 

                  (i)         the respondent; or

                  (ii)         any other person.

        (4)         The Director is not to include in a written notice given under subsection (1)(c) any information that — 

            (a)         discloses the identity of a person with a disability; or

            (b)         might enable the identity of any such person to be ascertained,

                unless that person has consented to the disclosure.

        [Section 42 inserted by No. 57 of 2004 s. 27.]



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