Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022

making any preliminary inquiries, of the complainant or any other person, that the Commissioner considers necessary for the purposes of determining whether and how to deal with the complaint;

requesting the complainant to give the Commissioner further information in connection with the complaint;

if the complaint causes the Commissioner to reasonably suspect that an entity has breached this Act, or a data sharing agreement, while the entity is or was a data scheme entity—investigating the entity’s conduct under subsection 101(2);

considering whether it would be appropriate to deal with the complaint by conciliation and, if so, dealing with it or arranging for it to be dealt with in that way;

if the Commissioner is satisfied no action is required in relation to the complaint—deciding to take no action;

exercising any other powers of the Commissioner under this Act that the Commissioner considers appropriate in relation to the complaint, including:

the power to conduct assessments under section 99; and

the power to transfer matters to other agencies or bodies under section 107.