Victorian Current Acts

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 2010 - SECT 140

    (1)     If—

        (a)     the Commission enters into an agreement with a person under section 139(2)(b) ; and

        (b)     the agreement provides for registration under this section—

any party to that agreement may lodge a copy of the signed agreement with the Tribunal for registration.

    (2)     Subject to subsection (3), the Tribunal must register the agreement and give a certified copy of the agreement to each party.

    (3)     If the Tribunal, constituted by a presidential member, considers that it may not be practicable to enforce, or to supervise compliance with, an agreement or part of an agreement the Tribunal—

        (a)     in the case of an agreement, may refuse to register the agreement; or

        (b)     in the case of part of an agreement, may refuse to register the part of the agreement that it considers may not be practicable to enforce, or to supervise compliance with.

    (4)     On registration, the registered agreement or registered part of the agreement must be taken to be an order of the Tribunal in accordance with its terms and may be enforced accordingly.

    (5)     The refusal of the Tribunal to register the agreement or any part of the agreement does not affect the validity of the agreement.

S. 141 substituted by No. 26/2011 s. 21.