44BParties must attend conciliation

44B Parties must attend conciliation (1) The parties to the conciliation of a privacy complaint must attend the conciliation. (2) A person commits an offence if— (a) the person is a party to the conciliation; and (b) the information privacy commissioner tells the person, in writing, to attend the conciliation at a stated time and place; and Privacy complaints Part 6 Conciliation of privacy complaints Division 6.3A Section 44C R13 16/12/25 Information Privacy Act 2014 Effective: 16/12/25 page 31 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au (c) the person does not attend the conciliation at the stated time and place. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse for not attending the conciliation at the stated time and place. Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code, s 58).