Privacy Act 1988

PART V - INVESTIGATIONS ETC.  

Division 1 - Investigation of complaints and investigations on the Commissioner ' s initiative  

SECTION 39  

39   CLASS MEMBER FOR REPRESENTATIVE COMPLAINT NOT ENTITLED TO LODGE INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINT  

A person who is a class member for a representative complaint is not entitled to lodge a complaint in respect of the same subject matter.

[ Commissioner's Note: Section 16(3) of Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1993 , Act No 13 of 1994, provides that amendments made by Act No 13 of 1994 relating to representative complaints do not apply to complaints lodged before the commencement of the amendment.]