Act, Rules and Regulations

The function of the Tribunal is to:

• hear and determine complaints under the Anti Discrimination Act 1991
• hear applications for Exemptions
• provide opinions to the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner
• hear applications for Interim Orders
• review some decisions of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner.

2005 Amendments of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991

The Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 has been amended by the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005, which received assent and came into effect on 8 December 2005. A summary of the amendments is given below.
The Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005 is available here as a pdf document.

Section	Description	Effect
15A	Discrimination by principals	Obligation of principals now applies to the pre-work area
113	Exemption Applications to Tribunal	The commissioner now has an opportunity to make submissions about the process for hearing, and / or the substance of, an exemption application
143	Notification to respondent of accepted complaint	Respondents now have an express obligation to provide an address for service in writing, and to provide a copy of any response to the other parties to the complaint
165	Complaints which are not resolved by conciliation	Makes it clear that if a notice under s165 is given, the parties cannot refer under s164A (referral after conference) or s167 (referral after 6 months from acceptance)
176, 213C, 214, 215, 246A	Definition of member	Makes it clear that "member" means a member of the tribunal
Schedule	Definition of complainant	New definition to make it clear that the "complainant" is the person who is the subject of the alleged contravention of the Act

 

Links to legislation , rules and regulations

Anti-Discrimination Act 1991

Anti-Discrimination Tribunal Rule 2005

Anti-Discrimination Regulation 2005