sec.144Applications for orders protecting complainant’s interests (before reference to tribunal)

### sec.144 Applications for orders protecting complainant’s interests (before reference to tribunal) At any time before a complaint is referred to the tribunal, the complainant or the commissioner may apply, as provided under the relevant tribunal Act, to the tribunal for an order prohibiting a person from doing an act that might prejudice— the investigation or conciliation of the complaint; or an order that the tribunal might make after a hearing. A party or the commissioner may apply, as provided under the relevant tribunal Act, to the tribunal for an order varying or revoking an order made under subsection (1) . If the tribunal is satisfied it is in the interests of justice, an application for an order under subsection (1) may be heard in the absence of the respondent to the application. s 144 amd 2009 No. 24 s 1331 ; 2016 No. 63 s 1094 (sec.144-ssec.1) At any time before a complaint is referred to the tribunal, the complainant or the commissioner may apply, as provided under the relevant tribunal Act, to the tribunal for an order prohibiting a person from doing an act that might prejudice— the investigation or conciliation of the complaint; or an order that the tribunal might make after a hearing. (sec.144-ssec.2) A party or the commissioner may apply, as provided under the relevant tribunal Act, to the tribunal for an order varying or revoking an order made under subsection (1) . (sec.144-ssec.3) If the tribunal is satisfied it is in the interests of justice, an application for an order under subsection (1) may be heard in the absence of the respondent to the application. - (a) the investigation or conciliation of the complaint; or - (b) an order that the tribunal might make after a hearing.