Victorian Numbered Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AMENDMENT (OFFICE OF THE VICTORIAN INFORMATION COMMISSIONER) ACT 2017 (NO. 20 OF 2017) - SECT 112

After section 43(8) of the Victorian Inspectorate Act 2011 insert —

    "(9)     A person may make a complaint to the Victorian Inspectorate about the conduct of an officer of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner in respect of—

        (a)     the exercise or purported exercise of coercive powers in relation to any matter; or

        (b)     the compliance with procedural fairness requirements in the performance of functions under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 , the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 or any other Act, including in the conduct of reviews and investigations and the making of reports and

recommendations under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 or the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 .

    (10)     Without limiting the generality of subsection (9), a complaint may be made on the basis that specified conduct was—

        (a)     contrary to law; or

        (b)     unreasonable, unjust, oppressive or improperly discriminatory; or

        (c)     based on improper motives; or

        (d)     an abuse of power; or

        (e)     otherwise improper.".