Anti-Discrimination Act 1998
82Representative complaints
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82 Representative complaints
[Section 82 Substituted by No. 42 of 2013, s. 34, Applied:01 Jan 2014] The Tribunal may deal with a complaint as a representative complaint if satisfied that –
(a) the complaint was made by a person or an agent of a person who is a member of a class of persons against whom the alleged similar discrimination or prohibited conduct was directed on behalf of that class; and
(b) the majority of members of that class of persons consent, or are likely to consent, to the complaint being dealt with as a representative complaint.