Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SERVICES COMPLAINTS ACT 1993 (REPEALED) - SECT 51

    (1)     The commissioner—

        (a)     may at any time during the course of an investigation; and

        (b)     shall at its completion;

prepare a true report of his or her findings and conclusions.

    (2)     However, the commissioner must not prepare a report in relation to a complaint that is an HPA report during an investigation unless the commissioner has consulted the relevant board.

Note     The commissioner cannot complete an investigation into a complaint that is an HPA report without consulting the relevant board (see s 31A (2)).

    (3)     The commissioner shall submit a report of an investigation under section 40 (1) (a) to the Minister.

    (4)     The commissioner shall give a copy of a report of an investigation under section 40 (1) (c) to the complainant, the provider and the relevant board.

    (5)     The commissioner may give a copy of any report of an investigation to—

        (a)     the Minister; or

        (b)     a provider mentioned in the report; or

        (c)     any person or body having, under a law of the Territory, the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory, a function exercisable in relation to a matter raised in the report; or

        (d)     for a report of an investigation under section 40 (1) (d)—the complainant; or

        (e)     the purchaser of the service.

    (6)     A report prepared under this section in relation to a complaint that is an HPA report must reflect the action required to be taken in relation to the complaint under the Health Professionals Act 2004 , section 86 (2) and (3).