PRIVACY AND PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT 1998 - SECT 54
Role of Privacy Commissioner in internal review process
PRIVACY AND PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT 1998 - SECT 54
Role of Privacy Commissioner in internal review process
(1) A public sector agency that receives an application under section 53
must-- (a) as soon as practicable after receiving the application notify the
Privacy Commissioner of the application, and
(b) keep the
Privacy Commissioner informed of the progress of the internal review, and
(c)
inform the Privacy Commissioner of the findings of the review and of the
action proposed to be taken by the agency in relation to the matter.
(2) The
Privacy Commissioner is entitled to make submissions to the agency in relation
to the subject matter of the application.
(3) The Privacy Commissioner may,
at the request of the agency concerned-- (a) undertake the internal review on
behalf of the agency, and
(b) make a report to the agency in relation to the
application.
(4) The Privacy Commissioner is entitled to charge an
appropriate fee for that service.
(5) Section 53 (7), (7A) and (8) apply in
respect of an internal review that is undertaken by the Privacy Commissioner
on behalf of an agency.
