Information Act 2002
82Commissioner may serve compliance notice
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82 Commissioner may serve compliance notice (1) The Commissioner may serve a compliance notice on a public sector organisation if it appears to the Commissioner that: (a) the organisation has contravened an IPP or a code of practice; and (b) the contravention: (i) is serious or flagrant; or (ii) is of a kind that has been done by the organisation on at least 3 separate occasions within the previous 2 years. (2) A compliance notice is a notice in writing requiring the public sector organisation to take specified action within a specified period to ensure the organisation complies with the IPP or code of practice in the future. (3) The Commissioner may serve a compliance notice: (a) on his or her own initiative; or (b) because of a complaint made under Part 7.