Small Business Development Corporation Act 1983

The Commissioner has the following functions —

to administer the day‑to‑day operations of the Corporation;

to receive complaints about any matter that affects the commercial activities of small business, and do either or both of the following in relation to a complaint —

investigate a matter complained about and any person in relation to the matter (including, without limitation, a public sector body or local government);

provide assistance to attempt to resolve the complaint;

to provide alternative dispute resolution services for small businesses;

to make representations to another person or body on behalf of a small business that has made a complaint;

to investigate any matter that affects the commercial activities of small business, and any person in relation to the matter (including, without limitation, a public sector body or local government);

to give to the Minister, or to any government entity, a report on an investigation carried out under paragraph (b) or (ea);

to perform functions conferred on the Commissioner under any other Act;

to advise the Minister on any matter related to the functions of the Commissioner referred to in paragraphs (b) to (f).

The Commissioner need not investigate a matter, provide assistance or give a report if, in a particular case, the Commissioner considers it inappropriate to do so.

In performing the functions (the investigatory functions) referred to in subsection (1)(b)(i) and (ea), the Commissioner must —

avoid duplicating the operations of any department of the Public Service that performs a function that wholly or partly overlaps with the investigatory functions; and

work cooperatively, as far as is possible, with departments of the Public Service to perform the investigatory functions.