Victims’ Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Act 2024
sec.52Dealing with complaint
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sec.52 Dealing with complaint
If the commissioner decides to deal with a complaint, the commissioner may take any reasonable steps the commissioner considers appropriate to resolve the complaint. Without limiting subsection (1) , the commissioner may— ask the complainant or prescribed person to give the commissioner information relevant to the complaint; or make enquiries of, and discuss the complaint with, the complainant and the prescribed person; or ask the prescribed person to make submissions to the commissioner in writing in response to the complaint; or give the complainant a copy of the prescribed person’s written submissions; or make recommendations to a prescribed person in relation to dealing with affected victims. (sec.52-ssec.1) If the commissioner decides to deal with a complaint, the commissioner may take any reasonable steps the commissioner considers appropriate to resolve the complaint. (sec.52-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the commissioner may— ask the complainant or prescribed person to give the commissioner information relevant to the complaint; or make enquiries of, and discuss the complaint with, the complainant and the prescribed person; or ask the prescribed person to make submissions to the commissioner in writing in response to the complaint; or give the complainant a copy of the prescribed person’s written submissions; or make recommendations to a prescribed person in relation to dealing with affected victims.
- (a) ask the complainant or prescribed person to give the commissioner information relevant to the complaint; or
- (b) make enquiries of, and discuss the complaint with, the complainant and the prescribed person; or
- (c) ask the prescribed person to make submissions to the commissioner in writing in response to the complaint; or
- (d) give the complainant a copy of the prescribed person’s written submissions; or
- (e) make recommendations to a prescribed person in relation to dealing with affected victims.