Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1986

A reference in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 to a complaint to the Commission shall be read as including a reference to a complaint made, before the commencement time, to the former Commission, being a complaint that had not been finally dealt with before the commencement time.

A reference in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 to a complaint or matter referred to the Commission under a provision of that Act shall be read as including a reference to a complaint or matter referred, before the commencement time, to the former Commission under the provision concerned.

A reference in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 to an act or thing done by or to, or an instrument made by or given to, the Commission or a member of the Commission under a provision of that Act shall be read as including a reference to an act or thing done by or to, or an instrument made by or given to, the former Commission or a member of the former Commission, as the case may be, before the commencement time, under the provision concerned.

The reference in paragraph 94 (2) (e) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 to the Commission shall be read as including a reference to the former Commission.

The references in section 112 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 to the Commission shall be read as including references to the former Commission.

Where, before the commencement time, the former Commission had commenced to perform, in relation to a particular matter, a function conferred on the former Commission by the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, but had not completed the performance of that function—

the Commission may continue and complete the performance of that function in relation to that matter; and

for the purposes of the performance of that function under paragraph (a), references in that Act to an inquiry by the Commission shall be read as including references to an inquiry by the Commission pursuant to that paragraph.