Section 12A — Residential Tenancies Act 1986: Choice of procedures

12A Choice of procedures (1) Where the circumstances are such that any person would be entitled to make an application to the Tribunal and also a complaint under the Human Rights Act 1993 , that person may take one, but not both, of the following steps: (a) The person may invoke, in relation to those circumstances, the procedures under this Act: (b) The person may make, in relation to those circumstances, a complaint under the Human Rights Act 1993 . (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) , a person makes a complaint when proceedings in relation to that complaint are commenced by the complainant or the Commission. Compare: 1991 No 22 s 39; 1993 No 82 s 145 Section 12A was inserted, as from 1 May 1996, by section 5(1) Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 7). Subsection (2) was substituted, as from 1 January 2002, by section 71 Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96).