Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024
21Commissioner may take action following non-compliance
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21 Commissioner may take action following non-compliance
(1) If a defined entity does not comply with a compliance notice by the date specified in the notice, the Commissioner may do one or more of the following:
(a) accept a written undertaking by which the entity commits to take certain action to comply with this Act;
(b) send the Minister a report on the entity’s failure to comply with the Act;
(c) recommend that the Minister take any action that the Commissioner considers appropriate to ensure the entity's compliance with this Act;
(d) publish on the Commissioner's website the name of the entity and the requirement of this Act with which the entity has failed to comply.
(2) If the Minister receives a report from the Commissioner under subsection (1)(b) the Minister is to cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 5 sitting-days of that House after the Minister has received that report.