Section 61TD - Notification of refusal to conduct investigation on public interest complaint
Extract of legislation
| 61TD | Notification of refusal to conduct investigation on public interest complaint | ||
| (1) | This section applies if the Information Commissioner refuses under section 61TB or 61TC to conduct an investigation on a public interest complaint. | ||
| (2) | Within a reasonable time after the public interest complaint is referred to the Information Commissioner by the IBAC, the Information Commissioner must inform the IBAC and the person who made the public interest disclosure of— | ||
| (a) | the refusal to conduct the investigation; and | ||
| (b) | the reason for that refusal. | ||
Guidelines
When OVIC decides not to investigate a public interest complaint: Notifying IBAC and other parties
1.1
If the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (OVIC) decides not to investigate a public interest complaint, OVIC must tell the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission and the person who made the public interest disclosure why.2 OVIC must do this within a reasonable time after the public interest complaint was referred to it.
- Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic), section 61TD(2).
- Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic), section 61TD(2).
