20321ab7_nformation_Commissioner___OAIC_reedom_of_Information_Act_1982_Issue_description
[FOI Act Part] Part VIIB — Investigations and complaints [FOI Act section] 54N [Recommended action] The Ombudsman Act (and, perhaps, the FOI Act) should be amended to clarify that the Information Commissioner can treat a complaint transferred from the Ombudsman as if it were an application for IC review, rather than a complaint to the Information Commissioner, when that would be appropriate. [Issue description] 
Section 6C of the Ombudsman Act 1976 allows complaints to the Ombudsman to become complaints to the OAIC. Sometimes, a complaint to the Ombudsman is best treated as if it were an application for IC review (see, for example, Doney and Department of Finance and Deregulation [2012] AICmr 25).
Review of freedom of information legislation| Office of the Australian Information Commissioner - OAIC
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