INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 159
Extension of time for compliance
INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 159
Extension of time for compliance
159 Extension of time for compliance
(1) An agency that is given a
compliance notice may ask the information commissioner to extend the time
within which it must take the action stated in the compliance notice.
(2) The
commissioner may amend the compliance notice by extending the period stated in
the compliance notice for taking the action stated in the notice.
(3) Before
the commissioner extends the period—
(a) the commissioner must be satisfied
that it is not reasonably practicable for the agency to take the action stated
in the compliance notice within the time stated in the notice; and
(b) the
agency must give the commissioner an undertaking to take the stated action
within the extended period.
