Section 83 — Privacy Act 2020: Exploring possibility of settlement and assurance during investigation

83 Exploring possibility of settlement and assurance during investigation (1) At any time during an investigation of a complaint, the Commissioner may decide to use best endeavours to— (a) secure a settlement of the complaint; and (b) if appropriate, secure a satisfactory assurance from the agency whose action is the subject of the complaint that there will not be a repetition of the action that gave rise to the complaint, or of any similar kind of action. (2) At any time during an investigation being conducted on the Commissioner’s own initiative, the Commissioner may decide to use best endeavours to secure a satisfactory assurance from the respondent that there will not be a repetition of the action that gave rise to the investigation, or of a similar kind of action. Compare: 1993 No 28 s 74