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Human Rights Act 1993

Human Rights Review Tribunal - Procedure of Tribunal

115: Tribunal may dismiss trivial, etc, proceedings

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"The Tribunal can stop cases that are not important or are unfair."

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The Tribunal can stop proceedings at any time if you bring a case under section 92B or section 92E and it thinks the case is trivial, frivolous, or vexatious, or not brought in good faith. You need to know that the Tribunal makes this decision. The Tribunal looks at the case to decide if it should be stopped.

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Part 4Human Rights Review Tribunal
Procedure of Tribunal

115Tribunal may dismiss trivial, etc, proceedings

  1. The Tribunal may at any time dismiss any proceedings brought under section 92B or section 92E if it is satisfied that they are trivial, frivolous, or vexatious or are not brought in good faith.

Compare
  • 1977 No 49 s 55
Notes
  • Section 115: amended, on , by section 23 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96).