Privacy Act 1993

76 Compulsory conferences

• (1) The Commissioner may call a conference of the parties to a complaint by—

  • (a) posting to each of them a notice requesting their attendance at a time and place specified; or

  • (b) such other means as is agreed to by the parties concerned.

  (2) The objectives of the conference shall be—

  • (a) to identify the matters in issue between the parties; and

  • (b) to try to obtain agreement between the parties on the resolution of those matters.

  (3) Where a person fails to comply with a request under subsection (1) to attend a conference, the Commissioner may issue a summons requiring the person to attend a conference at a time and place to be specified in the summons.

  (4) Subsections (1), (2), (3), and (5) of section 20 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 shall apply to a summons under this section as if it were a witness summons issued under that section.

  Compare: 1988 No 4 ss 67, 71