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Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002
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#### 46 Resolution of complaint by conciliation
46 Resolution of complaint by conciliation
> > (1) The Privacy Commissioner may endeavour to resolve the complaint by conciliation.
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> > (2) The Privacy Commissioner may by written notice request the complainant and the respondent to appear before the Privacy Commissioner in conciliation proceedings.
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> > (3) A person or body must not without reasonable excuse fail to comply with the terms of a notice under subsection (2).
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> > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units in the case of a body corporate or 10 penalty units in any other case.
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> > (4) The parties to any such conciliation proceedings before the Privacy Commissioner are not entitled to be represented by any other person except by leave of the Privacy Commissioner.
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> > (5) The procedures for conciliation are to be determined by the Privacy Commissioner.
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> > (6) Evidence of anything said or done in the course of conciliation proceedings under this section is not admissible in subsequent proceedings under this Part relating to the complaint.
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> > (7) The Privacy Commissioner is to take no further action after the conclusion of the conciliation proceedings, whether or not the parties reach any agreement as a result of the proceedings.