Privacy complaint may be referred to commissioner
36 Privacy complaint may be referred to commissioner
A privacy complaint may be referred to the information privacy commissioner by any of the following:
the ombudsman;
the human rights commission;
an entity having functions, under a State or Commonwealth law that corresponds to this Act, that correspond to the functions of the information privacy commissioner;
an entity prescribed by regulation.
If an entity mentioned in subsection (1) refers a privacy complaint to the information privacy commissioner, the entity must—
give the commissioner any information the entity has in relation to the complaint; and
tell the complainant about the referral.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
). Made under this Act:
- Information Privacy Regulation 2014 · under s 58
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