Section 148M — Human Rights Act 1993: Outstanding complaints to be dealt with by Commission under new procedure

148M Outstanding complaints to be dealt with by Commission under new procedure (1) A complaint lodged with the Complaints Division before the commencement of this Act must be dealt with by the Commission under Part 3 (as substituted by section 9 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 ) as if the complaint were made to the Commission under section 76(2)(a) . (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) ,— (a) if the Complaints Division has called a conciliation conference under section 80(1) (as it read immediately before the commencement of this section) but the conference has not taken place, the Commission must instead offer to convene a dispute resolution meeting; and (b) if section 79(2) applies to the complaint, the Commission must inform the Attorney-General of the details of the complaint as soon as practicable. (3) Despite subsection (1) , if, in relation to a complaint, the Complaints Division has decided not to investigate the complaint further under section 76(1) or section 77(1)(a) (as they read immediately before the commencement of this section), the Commission must take no action or further action in relation to the complaint. Sections 148A to 148O were inserted, as from 1 January 2002, by section 40 Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96).