Health and Community Services Complaints Act 1998
81Information to Committee
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81 Information to Committee (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Commissioner must provide information and documents to the Committee on any action he or she has taken in relation to an application for review made under this Part. (2) If the Commissioner considers that the disclosure of a matter to the Committee would be: (a) unlawful; or (b) in breach of confidence; or (c) contrary to the public interest; or (d) detrimental to conciliation; or (e) detrimental to the performance of the Commissioner's functions; the Commissioner may refuse to provide the information or document and, where he or she does so, must refer the matter to the Minister for direction. (3) After considering a matter referred under subsection (2), the Minister must: (a) direct the Commissioner not to provide the information or document, if the Minister considers that it should not be provided for a reason mentioned in subsection (2); or (b) otherwise, direct the Commissioner to provide the information or document.