160Commissioner may take or defend proceedings

160 Commissioner may take or defend proceedings

160 Commissioner may take or defend proceedings

(1) If a person, not being a corporation, has made a complaint to the Commissioner and the Commissioner—

(a) after investigating the complaint, is satisfied that the person may have a right to take or defend proceedings before the Tribunal, and

(b) is of the opinion that it is in the public interest that the Commissioner should take or defend those proceedings on behalf of the person,

the Commissioner may, with the consent of the person, take or defend those proceedings on behalf of and in the name of the person.

(2) If the Minister so directs and the person consents, the Commissioner must take or defend proceedings before the Tribunal on behalf of a person.