EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 107

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 107

107 .         Jurisdiction of Tribunal

        (1)         The Minister may refer any matter to the Tribunal for inquiry as a complaint under this Act.

        (2)         The Tribunal shall carry out the functions conferred and imposed on the Tribunal in Part IX in accordance with the provisions of that Part.

        (3)         Subject to subsection (3a), the Tribunal shall hold an inquiry into each complaint or matter referred to it under section 90(2), 93(1) or subsection (1).

        (3a)         The Tribunal shall not hold, or shall discontinue, as the case requires, an inquiry into —

            (a)         a complaint referred to it under section 90(2) or 93(1) if the complainant notifies the Tribunal that the complainant; or

            (b)         a matter referred to it under subsection (1) if the Minister notifies the Tribunal that the Minister,

                does not wish that inquiry to be held or to continue.

        (4)         The Tribunal may perform —

            (a)         any function conferred on the Tribunal under any arrangement in force under section 7; and

            (b)         any function conferred on the Tribunal under any Act of the Commonwealth, being a function that is declared by the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette , to be complementary to other functions of the Tribunal.

        (5)         No fee is payable in respect of a proceeding commenced before the Tribunal under this Act.

        [Section 107 amended: No. 74 of 1992 s. 30; No. 55 of 2004 s. 311.]