36Privacy complaint may be referred to commissioner

36 Privacy complaint may be referred to commissioner (1) A privacy complaint may be referred to the information privacy commissioner by any of the following: (a) the ombudsman; (b) the human rights commission; (c) an entity having functions, under a State or Commonwealth law that corresponds to this Act, that correspond to the functions of the information privacy commissioner; (d) an entity prescribed by regulation. (2) If an entity mentioned in subsection (1) refers a privacy complaint to the information privacy commissioner, the entity must— (a) give the commissioner any information the entity has in relation to the complaint; and (b) tell the complainant about the referral.

Part 6 Privacy complaints Division 6.3 Dealing with privacy complaints Section 37 page 26 Information Privacy Act 2014 Effective: 16/12/25 R13 16/12/25 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au