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Human Rights Commission Act 2005
52AReferral to appropriate statutory office-holder
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52A Referral to appropriate statutory office-holder
(a) the commission considers that the act, service or conduct to
which a complaint relates is a matter that could—
(i) have been complained about to a statutory office-holder;
and
(ii) be dealt with more conveniently or effectively by the
statutory office-holder; and
(b) the commission considers it would be appropriate for the
complaint to be referred to the statutory office-holder; and
(c) the commission has consulted the statutory office-holder about
the referral.
(2) The commission may—
(a) decide not to deal with, or further deal with, the complaint; and
(b) if paragraph (a) applies—must refer the complaint, together with
any relevant documents or information in its possession or
control, to the statutory office-holder.
statutory office-holder means an office established under a territory
law (other than this Act) or a law of the Commonwealth, a State or
another Territory.
(4) To remove any doubt, this section is in addition to, and does not limit,
section 51A (Referral of advocacy matters—children and young
people) or section 51B (Referral of advocacy matters—vulnerable
people).