The commission was given the responsibility of administering Saskatchewan's anti-discrimination laws and promoting the principle of equality through public education.

In that year, sex was added as a prohibited ground of discrimination in the Bill of Rights and in other fair practices legislation.

At that time, the Code prohibited discrimination on the basis of a number of specified grounds: race, creed, religion, colour, sex, marital status, physical disability, age, nationality, ancestry and place of origin.

Since 1979, additional grounds have been added to the Code, including mental disability in 1989, and sexual orientation, family status and receipt of public assistance in 1993.

According to Saskatchewan's Justice Minister, Don Morgan, the change could occur as early as spring of 2010 if it is streamlined as planned.

At a tribunal hearing, the parties are provided with an opportunity to make submissions and adduce evidence to support their case.

According to the proposed dissolution of the Tribunal, the Commission will refer human rights complaints directly to the Queen’s Bench for adjudication.

"[11][12] This illustrates that the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission as an independent administrative body never had any adjudicative authority, neither prior nor post passing of Bill 160 respectively.

With the abolition of the administrative Saskatchewan Human Rights Tribunal the adjudicative function was shifted to the Court of Queens Bench.