Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if--
(a) under this Act, the tribunal gives a written decision, direction, notice or order to a person; and
(b) the tribunal is aware that the person is blind, apparently illiterate or does not understand English.
(2) The tribunal must do everything reasonably possible to communicate the information in the document to the person.
Example--
If a person does not understand English, the tribunal may arrange for the document to be translated into a language the person understands.
(3) Failure to comply with subsection (2) does not affect--
(a) the validity of the document; or
(b) if the tribunal is required, under this Act, to give the document to the person, the tribunal's compliance with the requirement to give the document.
(4) In this section--
tribunal includes a member and the registrar.