Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1986 No. 126 of 1986 - SECT 33

33. Where-

   (a)  before the commencement time, a person had received, in accordance
        with sub-section 24 (3) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, a
        certificate stating the matters referred to in paragraph 24 (3) (a) or
        (b) of that Act signed by a member of the former Commission or by the
        former Commissioner; and

   (b)  at the commencement time, the person had not instituted a proceeding
        under sub-section 24 (1) of that Act, then, for the purposes of the
        institution of any proceeding by the person after the
        commencement time, the certificate so received by the person shall be
        deemed to state the matters referred to in paragraph 24 (3) (a) or (b)
        of the Principal Act as amended by this Act and to have been signed by
        a member of the Commission, or by the Race Discrimination
        Commissioner, as the case may be.