DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 1993 - SECT 45
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: No. 44 of 1999 s. 22.]