Interim injunction to maintain status quo etc
46PP Interim injunction to maintain status quo etc
At any time after a complaint is lodged with the Commission, the Federal Court or the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) may grant an interim injunction to maintain:
the status quo, as it existed immediately before the complaint was lodged; or
the rights of any complainant, respondent or affected person.
The application for the injunction may be made by the Commission, a complainant, a respondent or an affected person.
The injunction cannot be granted after the complaint has been withdrawn under section 46PG or terminated under section 46PE, paragraph 46PF(1)(b) or section 46PH.
The court concerned may discharge or vary an injunction granted under this section.
The court concerned cannot, as a condition of granting the interim injunction, require a person to give an undertaking as to damages.
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