Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 - SECT 235

235 Commission’s functions

The commission has the following functions—

(a) to inquire into complaints and, where possible, to effect conciliation;

(b) to carry out investigations relating to contraventions of the Act ;

(c) to examine Acts and, when requested by the Minister, proposed Acts, to determine whether they are, or would be, inconsistent with the purposes of the Act , and to report to the Minister the results of the examination;

(d) to undertake research and educational programs to promote the purposes of the Act , and to coordinate programs undertaken by other people or authorities on behalf of the State;

(e) to consult with various organisations to ascertain means of improving services and conditions affecting groups that are subjected to contraventions of the Act ;

(f) when requested by the Minister, to research and develop additional grounds of discrimination and to make recommendations for the inclusion of such grounds in the Act ;

(g) such functions as are conferred on the commission under another Act;

(h) such functions as are conferred on the commission under an arrangement with the Commonwealth under part 3 ;

(i) to promote an understanding and acceptance, and the public discussion, of human rights in Queensland;

(j) if the commission considers it appropriate to do so—to intervene in a proceeding that involves human rights issues with the leave of the court hearing the proceeding and subject to any conditions imposed by the court;

(k) such other functions as the Minister determines;

(l) to take any action incidental or conducive to the discharge of the above functions.