Victorian Numbered Acts

GENDER EQUALITY ACT 2020 (NO. 5 OF 2020) - SECT 23

    (1)     A compliance notice issued to a defined entity must—

        (a)         state the requirement of this Act with which the defined entity has failed to comply; and

        (b)     state the basis for the Commissioner's belief that the defined entity has failed to comply with that requirement; and

        (c)     state the action that the defined entity must take to comply with that requirement; and

        (d)     specify the date by which the defined entity must take the action; and

        (e)     state the further action that the Commissioner may take if the defined entity does not comply with the notice; and

        (f)     state that the defined entity may disagree with the compliance notice within 14 days after receiving the notice.

    (2)     For the purposes of subsection (1)(d), the date specified in the compliance notice must be—

        (a)     if the compliance notice requires the entity to submit a Gender Equality Action Plan or a progress report, not less than 60 days after the notice is issued; or

        (b)     in any other case, not less than 14 days after the notice is issued.

    (3)     The Commissioner, by further written notice, may extend the time period specified in the compliance notice for up to 24 months.