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Information Privacy Act 2014
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44 Commissioner may obtain information
(1) The information privacy commissioner may ask anyone to give the
commissioner information so that the commissioner may deal with a
privacy complaint.
(2) A public sector agency or public official for the agency must comply
with a request made to the agency or official.
Part 6 Privacy complaints
Division 6.3A Conciliation of privacy complaints
Section 44A
page 30 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
(3) In this section:
public official, for a public sector agency, means a person who is or
has been—
(a) an employee of the public sector agency; or
(b) a contractor, employee of a contractor or volunteer exercising a
function of the public sector agency.
Division 6.3A Conciliation of privacy complaints