Chapter 22 of the Statutes of British
Columbia
Human Rights Act
Human Rights Act, Part 3, Section 17
BOARD OF INQUIRY
Disposition of complaints
17. (1) Where a board of inquiry considers that a complaint is not
justified, it shall dismiss the complaint.
(2) Where a board of inquiry considers that a complaint is
justified, it
(a) shall order the person who contravened this Act to cease
the contravention and to refrain from committing the same
or a similar contravention,
(b) may make a declaratory order that conduct of the type
complained of, or similar conduct, is discrimination
contrary to the Act,
(c) may order the person who contravened this Act to do one or
both of the following:
(i) take steps, specified in the order, to ameliorate
the effects of the discriminatory practice;
pattern or practice that contravened this Act, and
(d) if the person discriminated against is a party to the
proceedings, may order the person who contravened this Act
to do one or more of the following:
(i) make available to the person discriminated against
the right, opportunity or privilege that, in the
opinion of the board,, the person was denied
contrary to the Act;
(ii) compensate the person discriminated against for
all, or a part the board determines of any wages
or salary lost, or expenses incurred, by the
contravention;
(iii) pay to the person discriminated against an amount
the board of inquiry considers appropriate to
compensate that person for injury to dignity,
feelings and self respect or to any of them.
(3) A board of inquiry may make an order as to costs it considers
appropriate.
(4) Where an order is made under subsection (2) (a), (c) or (d) or
(3) or section 14 (1) (d) (ii), the council or the person who
was discriminated against and in whose favour the order is
made may file a certified copy of the order with the Supreme
Court and on being filed the order has the same force and
effect, and all proceedings may be taken on it, as if it were
a judgement of that court.
[1984-22-17, 1989-40-102; 1992-43-11, effective July 13,
1993 (B.C. Reg 238/92)]
The
original plaintext version
of this file is available via
ftp.
[
Index ]
Home ·
Site Map ·
What's New? ·
Search
Nizkor
|
© The Nizkor Project, 1991-2012
This site is intended for educational purposes to teach about the Holocaust and
to combat hatred.
Any statements or excerpts found on this site are for educational purposes only.
As part of these educational purposes, Nizkor may
include on this website materials, such as excerpts from the writings of racists and antisemites. Far from approving these writings, Nizkor condemns them and
provides them so that its readers can learn the nature and extent of hate and antisemitic discourse. Nizkor urges the readers of these pages to condemn racist
and hate speech in all of its forms and manifestations.
|