New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1977 - SECT 87A

87A Persons who may make a complaint

(1) A complaint alleging that a named person has, or named persons have, contravened a provision of this Act or the regulations (other than a provision for which a specific penalty is imposed) may be made by any of the following--

(a) one or more persons--

(i) on his, her or their own behalf, or

(ii) on his, her or their own behalf as well as on behalf of another person or persons,

(b) a parent or guardian of a person who lacks the legal capacity to lodge a complaint (for example, because of age or disability),

(c) a representative body on behalf of a named person or persons, subject to section 87C,

(d) an agent of any of the persons referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

(2) Nothing in this Division prevents a person from making a complaint (not being a representative complaint) even though the conduct in respect of which the complaint is made is also conduct in respect of which a representative complaint has been made.

(3) In this section,
"guardian" has the same meaning as it has in the Guardianship Act 1987 .