Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE ACT 2010 - SECT 44

44 Complaint under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991

(1) A person may make a complaint under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 about a reprisal.

(2) The complaint may be dealt with under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 , chapters 6 and 7 as if the complaint were about an alleged contravention of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 .

(3) However—

(a) if a person commences proceedings in a court under section 42 in relation to a reprisal, the person can not subsequently make a complaint under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 about the reprisal; and

(b) if the person makes a complaint under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 about a reprisal and the complaint is accepted under that Act, the person can not subsequently commence proceedings under section 42 in relation to the reprisal.

(4) A complaint under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 about a reprisal may be made even if a prosecution in relation to the reprisal has not been brought, or can not be brought, under section 41 .