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Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
92CAbandonment of complaint
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#### 92C Abandonment of complaint
92C Abandonment of complaint
> > (1) If a complainant has—
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> > > (a) failed to respond to a request for documents or information, or
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> > > (b) failed to give notice to the President of an address (or new address) at which he or she may be contacted,
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> > the President may serve a notice on the complainant at his or her address last known to the President stating that, if a response is not received within 28 days, the complaint will be taken to be abandoned and the President will terminate the complaint.
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> > (2) If a complaint is taken to have been abandoned under this section, it may be revived if, within 12 months after the end of the 28-day period referred to in subsection (1), the complainant satisfies the President that—
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> > > (a) he or she wishes to pursue the complaint, and
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> > > (b) the failure relied on for the purpose of subsection (1) did not take place or ought reasonably to be excused, and
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> > > (c) no undue prejudice would be caused to the respondent by reviving the complaint.
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> **ss 92A–92C:** Ins 2004 No 79, Sch 1 \[3\].