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124 Prosecutions
(1) A proceeding for an offence against this Act may only be commenced by—
S. 124(1)(a) substituted by No. 60/2014 s. 136.
(a) a police officer within the meaning of the **Victoria Police Act 2013**; or
S. 124(1)(b) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 106(2).
(b) the Information Commissioner; or
S. 124(1)(c) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 106(2).
(c) a person authorised to do so, either generally or in a particular case, by the Information Commissioner.
(2) In a proceeding for an offence against this Act it must be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the person bringing the proceeding was authorised to bring it.