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Information Act 2002
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103 Complaint after review by public sector organisation
(1) A person aggrieved by a decision of a public sector organisation on
an application for review by the organisation under Part 3,
Division 4 (including a decision made on a further review mentioned
in subsection (2)(b)) may make a complaint to the Commissioner
about the decision.
(2) If the Commissioner considers it appropriate to do so, the
Commissioner may:
(a) refer the complaint back to the public sector organisation that
made the decision; and
(b) require the organisation to conduct a further review of the
decision under Part 3, Division 4.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a complaint about a decision
made on a further review mentioned in subsection (2)(b).
(4) If an application for a review of a decision of a public sector
organisation is sent to the Commissioner by the organisation under
section 39A(1), the Commissioner must deal with the application as
a complaint about the decision under subsection (1).
(5) Subsections (2) and (3) apply to an application that is dealt with
under subsection (4) as a complaint as if the references in
subsection (2)(b) and (3) to a further review were references to a
review.