Parties must attend conciliation
44B Parties must attend conciliation
The parties to the conciliation of a privacy complaint must attend the conciliation.
A person commits an offence if—
the person is a party to the conciliation; and
the information privacy commissioner tells the person, in writing, to attend the conciliation at a stated time and place; and
the person does not attend the conciliation at the stated time and place.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
Subsection (2) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse for not attending the conciliation at the stated time and place.
Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code, s 58).
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