Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 - SECT 140

140 Commissioner may reject or stay complaints dealt with elsewhere

(1) The commissioner may reject or stay a complaint if—

(a) there are concurrent proceedings in a court or tribunal in relation to the act or omission the subject of the complaint; or

(b) the commissioner reasonably considers the act or omission that is the subject of the complaint may be effectively or conveniently dealt with by another entity.

(2) The commissioner may also reject a complaint if the commissioner reasonably considers the act or omission the subject of the complaint has been adequately dealt with by another entity.

(3) A time limit for doing anything under this Act in relation to a complaint does not run while a complaint is stayed.