Western Australian Consolidated Acts

DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 1993 - SECT 45

45 .         Proceedings to stop if court action etc.

        (1)         The Director must stop dealing with or investigating a complaint if the Director becomes aware that the complainant or the respondent has begun proceedings under another written law or a law of the Commonwealth or in a court, which relate to an issue raised by the complaint.

        (2)         If the Director stops dealing with a complaint under subsection (1), the Director must, within 14 days of doing so, give written notice of the fact to the complainant and the respondent.

        (3)         If the Director has stopped dealing with a complaint under subsection (1) and later becomes aware that the proceedings under another written law or a law of the Commonwealth or in a court have been discontinued or abandoned, the Director may, with the consent of the complainant, resume dealing with the complaint under this Part.

        [Section 45 amended by No. 44 of 1999 s. 22.]