Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts After section 83A
insert:
83B. Restrictions on multiple actions relating to
sexual harassment in connection with work
(1) In this
section —
particular allegation means a particular
allegation by a person that the person was sexually harassed in connection
with work as defined in the Industrial Relations Act 1979
section 51BR(2).
(2) A complaint cannot
be made under section 83 in relation to a particular
allegation —
(a) if
either of the following have been made under the Industrial Relations
Act 1979 in relation to the allegation —
(i)
a referral under section 29; or
(ii)
an application to the industrial magistrate’s court
under section 83E to enforce a contravention of section 51BR(1) of
that Act;
and
(b)
unless the referral or application is withdrawn or fails for want of
jurisdiction.
(3) This
section applies despite any other provision of this Act.