Victims’ Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Act 2024
sec.59Government entity required to include information about complaints in annual report
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sec.59 Government entity required to include information about complaints in annual report
This section applies if a complaint is made to— a government entity; or an officer, member or employee of a government entity. The government entity must include in its annual report for a financial year— the total number of complaints received by the government entity in the financial year; and the number of complaints made in relation to each general right and right relating to the criminal justice system under the victims charter; and the number of complaints referred to another government entity in the financial year; and how each complaint was dealt with by the government entity; and any other information the government entity considers appropriate about each complaint. For subsection (2) , the annual report must not include confidential information. (sec.59-ssec.1) This section applies if a complaint is made to— a government entity; or an officer, member or employee of a government entity. (sec.59-ssec.2) The government entity must include in its annual report for a financial year— the total number of complaints received by the government entity in the financial year; and the number of complaints made in relation to each general right and right relating to the criminal justice system under the victims charter; and the number of complaints referred to another government entity in the financial year; and how each complaint was dealt with by the government entity; and any other information the government entity considers appropriate about each complaint. (sec.59-ssec.3) For subsection (2) , the annual report must not include confidential information.
- (a) a government entity; or
- (b) an officer, member or employee of a government entity.
- (a) the total number of complaints received by the government entity in the financial year; and
- (b) the number of complaints made in relation to each general right and right relating to the criminal justice system under the victims charter; and
- (c) the number of complaints referred to another government entity in the financial year; and
- (d) how each complaint was dealt with by the government entity; and
- (e) any other information the government entity considers appropriate about each complaint.