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Information Privacy Act 2009
sec.165Privacy complaint may be made or referred to information commissioner
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### sec.165 Privacy complaint may be made or referred to information commissioner
An individual whose personal information is, or at any time has been, held by a relevant entity may make a privacy complaint to the information commissioner.
Also, a privacy complaint may be referred to the commissioner by any of the following entities—
the ombudsman;
the health ombudsman under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 ;
the human rights commissioner under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 ;
a person or other entity having responsibilities, under a law of another State or the Commonwealth that corresponds to this Act, that correspond to the responsibilities of the commissioner under this Act;
any other commission or external review body that has received the privacy complaint in performing its functions under a law.
As soon as practicable after receiving a privacy complaint made or referred under this section, the commissioner must advise the relevant entity the subject of the complaint.
s 165 amd 2013 No. 36 s 331 sch 1 ; 2019 No. 5 s 153
(sec.165-ssec.1) An individual whose personal information is, or at any time has been, held by a relevant entity may make a privacy complaint to the information commissioner.
(sec.165-ssec.2) Also, a privacy complaint may be referred to the commissioner by any of the following entities— the ombudsman; the health ombudsman under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 ; the human rights commissioner under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 ; a person or other entity having responsibilities, under a law of another State or the Commonwealth that corresponds to this Act, that correspond to the responsibilities of the commissioner under this Act; any other commission or external review body that has received the privacy complaint in performing its functions under a law.
(sec.165-ssec.3) As soon as practicable after receiving a privacy complaint made or referred under this section, the commissioner must advise the relevant entity the subject of the complaint.
- (a) the ombudsman;
- (b) the health ombudsman under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 ;
- (c) the human rights commissioner under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 ;
- (d) a person or other entity having responsibilities, under a law of another State or the Commonwealth that corresponds to this Act, that correspond to the responsibilities of the commissioner under this Act;
- (e) any other commission or external review body that has received the privacy complaint in performing its functions under a law.