Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 352J

    (1)     The director-general may, at any time, require a complainant to give the director-general—

        (a)     further information about the complaint; or

        (b)     a written statement verifying all or part of the complaint.

Note     It is an offence to make a false or misleading statement, give false or misleading information or produce a false or misleading document (see Criminal Code

, pt 3.4).

    (2)     If the director-general makes a requirement, the director-general must give the complainant a reasonable period of time to satisfy the requirement and may extend that period, whether before or after it ends.

    (3)     If the complainant does not comply with a requirement, the director-general need not, but may, take further action on the complaint.