Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PRIVACY ACT 1988 No. 119, 1988 - SECT 63

63. (1) Where:

   (a)  the Commissioner has dismissed a file number complaint; and

   (b)  the respondent is not an agency or the principal executive of an
        agency; the respondent may apply to the Attorney-General for
        assistance under this section.

(2) If the Attorney-General is satisfied that in all the circumstances it is
reasonable to grant an application made under this section, he or she may
authorise the provision by the Commonwealth to the applicant of such financial
assistance in connection with the investigation of the complaint as the
Attorney-General determines.

(3) An authorisation under subsection (2) may be made subject to such
conditions (if any) as the Attorney-General determines.

(4) In considering an application made under this section, the
Attorney-General shall have regard to any hardship to the applicant that
refusal of the application would involve.