Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) In section 61C of the Principal Act, for "Freedom of Information Commissioner" (wherever occurring) substitute "Information Commissioner".
(2) After section 61C(2) of the Principal Act insert —
"(2A) The Information Commissioner may communicate to a person or body to whom or which a complaint is referred any information obtained or received in the course or as a result of the exercise of the functions of the Information Commissioner under this Part, being information relating to a complaint referred to the person or body.
(2B) The Information Commissioner may decide to deal with a complaint as if it were a complaint made under the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 if the Information Commissioner considers that the complaint could be dealt with more effectively or appropriately under that Act.".
(3) In section 61C(3) of the Principal Act, after "section," insert "or decides to deal with the complaint under the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 ,".