101Interim orders

101 Interim orders (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Commissioner may, at any stage in a proceeding under this Act in relation to a complaint prior to the complaint being referred to the Tribunal, make an interim order pending the completion of the proceedings to preserve: (a) the status quo between the parties to the complaint; or (b) the rights of the parties to the complaint; or (c) the status quo between the parties to the complaint as existing before the prohibited conduct alleged in the complaint took (2) The Commissioner shall not make an order under subsection (1) unless the Commissioner has given the parties to the complaint an opportunity to be heard and has taken into account the submissions, if any, put to the Commissioner by the parties. (3) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is the subject of an order of the Commissioner under subsection (1); and (b) the person fails to comply with the order.