Section 38C — Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)

Amendment of representative complaints

If the Commissioner is satisfied that a complaint could be dealt with as a representative complaint if the class of persons on whose behalf the complaint is lodged is increased, reduced or otherwise altered, the Commissioner may amend the complaint so that the complaint can be dealt with as a representative complaint.

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 17 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

Related sections

s 38 — Conditions for making a representative complaint
s 38A — Commissioner may determine that a complaint is not to continue as a representative complaint
s 38B — Additional rules applying to the determination of representative complaints
s 39 — Class member for representative complaint not entitled to lodge individual complaint
s 40 — Investigations
s 40A — Conciliation of complaints

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