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PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION ACT 2014 (NO. 60 OF 2014) - SECT 73 When may VCAT hear a complaint?

PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION ACT 2014 (NO. 60 OF 2014) - SECT 73

When may VCAT hear a complaint?

    (1)     VCAT may hear any of the following—

        (a)     a complaint referred to it by the Commissioner under section 62, 66 or 71;

        (b)     a complaint referred to it by the Minister under section 65.

    (2)     VCAT also has the jurisdiction conferred by section 72.

    (3)     If a certificate has been given in respect of a document under section 68(3) or 79(3), the powers of VCAT—

        (a)     do not extend to reviewing the decision to give the certificate; and

        (b)     are limited to determining whether a document has been properly classified as an exempt document of a kind referred to in section 28(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 .