Part 3Complaints

73Power to disclose information about complaints: Commission

(1)

The 2007 Act is amended as follows.

(2)

After section 41, insert—

“41APower to disclose information about complaints: Commission

(1)

The Commission may, if it considers it to be in the public interest, disclose information about any conduct complaint, regulatory complaint, services complaint or handling complaint, including—

(a)

information that identifies or is likely to identity any person to whom the complaint relates,

(b)

information about the investigation or resolution of the complaint,

(c)

information about any outcomes resulting from the complaint.

(2)

But information that, in the opinion of the Commission, identifies or is likely to identify the complainer may not be disclosed under subsection (1) unless the complainer consents to its disclosure.”.