EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 87

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 1984 - SECT 87

87 .         Directions to attend compulsory conference

        (1)         For the purpose of investigating a complaint, and endeavouring to resolve the complaint in accordance with section 91, the Commissioner may, by notice in writing, direct the persons referred to in subsection (2) to attend, at a time and place specified in the notice, a conference presided over by the Commissioner or a person appointed by the Commissioner.

        (2)         Directions under subsection (1) to attend a conference in relation to a complaint shall be given —

            (a)         to the complainant, or all the complainants, as the case requires; and

            (b)         to the person who is alleged to have contravened the Act; and

            (c)         to any other person who, in the opinion of the Commissioner, is likely to be able to provide information relevant to the investigation or whose presence at the conference is, in the opinion of the Commissioner, likely to be conducive to resolving the complaint in accordance with section 91.

        (3)         A person who has been given a direction under subsection (1) to attend a conference is entitled to be paid by the State a reasonable sum for the person’s attendance at the conference.

        (4)         The Commissioner may, in a notice given to a person under subsection (1), require the person to produce such documents at the conference as are specified in the notice.

        [Section 87 amended: No. 40 of 1988 s. 15.]