sec.195Effect of representative complaint on persons who are members of class represented

### sec.195 Effect of representative complaint on persons who are members of class represented A person who is a member of a class of persons to which a representative complaint before the tribunal relates— may, by giving written notice to the tribunal before the date fixed under subsection (3) , opt out of the representative complaint; and is not entitled to make a separate complaint in relation to the conduct constituting the alleged contravention of the Act to which the representative complaint relates, unless the person opts out under paragraph (a) . Subsection (1) (b) is subject to section 148 (3) . The tribunal must fix a date (the opt-out date ) before which a person may opt out of a representative complaint under subsection (1) . On the application of the complainant, respondent or a class member for a representative complaint, the tribunal may fix a later date as the opt-out date. Except by leave of the tribunal, the hearing of a representative complaint must not start earlier than the opt-out date. s 195 sub 2024 No. 47 s 47 (sec.195-ssec.1) A person who is a member of a class of persons to which a representative complaint before the tribunal relates— may, by giving written notice to the tribunal before the date fixed under subsection (3) , opt out of the representative complaint; and is not entitled to make a separate complaint in relation to the conduct constituting the alleged contravention of the Act to which the representative complaint relates, unless the person opts out under paragraph (a) . (sec.195-ssec.2) Subsection (1) (b) is subject to section 148 (3) . (sec.195-ssec.3) The tribunal must fix a date (the opt-out date ) before which a person may opt out of a representative complaint under subsection (1) . (sec.195-ssec.4) On the application of the complainant, respondent or a class member for a representative complaint, the tribunal may fix a later date as the opt-out date. (sec.195-ssec.5) Except by leave of the tribunal, the hearing of a representative complaint must not start earlier than the opt-out date. - (a) may, by giving written notice to the tribunal before the date fixed under subsection (3) , opt out of the representative complaint; and - (b) is not entitled to make a separate complaint in relation to the conduct constituting the alleged contravention of the Act to which the representative complaint relates, unless the person opts out under paragraph (a) .