Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PRIVACY ACT 1988 No. 119, 1988 - SECT 59

59. (1) Where an agency fails to comply with section 55, the person on whose
complaint the determination was made or the Commissioner may apply to the
Federal Court for an order directing the agency to comply with that section.

(2) Where the principal executive of an agency fails to comply with section
56, the person on whose complaint the determination was made or the
Commissioner may apply to the Federal Court for an order directing the
principal executive to comply with that section.

(3) On an application under this section, the Federal Court may make such
other orders as it thinks fit with a view to securing compliance by the
respondent with section 55 or 56, as the case may be.

(4) An application may not be made under this section until:

   (a)  the time within which an application may be made under section 58 in
        respect of the relevant determination has expired; or

   (b)  if such an application is made, the decision of the Administrative
        Appeals Tribunal on the application has come into operation.