Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 - SECT 276

276 Application of amendments relating to functions of industrial relations commission

(1) This Act as in force before the commencement of the IR Act continues to apply in relation to any of the following made under this Act before the commencement—

(a) a complaint;

(b) an application for an exemption under section 113;

(c) a request for an opinion under chapter 8.

(2) However, the amended Act applies if, before the commencement—

(a) for a complaint—the complaint was not accepted by the commissioner under section 141; or

(b) for an application under section 113 or a request for an opinion under chapter 8—the tribunal had not taken any steps in dealing with the application or request.

(3) The amended Act applies in relation to a complaint, application or other proceeding made or started under this Act on or after the commencement.

(4) Without limiting subsection (2) or (3), if QCAT considers a complaint or application mentioned in the subsection is or includes a work-related matter, QCAT may transfer the complaint or application to the industrial relations commission under the QCAT Act , section 52 .

(5) In this section—

"amended Act" means this Act as amended by the Industrial Relations Act 2016 .