Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if:
(a) a complaint has been made to the Overseas Students Ombudsman with respect to action taken by a private registered provider; and
(b) the Overseas Students Ombudsman is of the opinion that:
(i) the complaint is frivolous or vexatious or was not made in good faith; or
(ii) the complainant does not have a sufficient interest in the subject matter of the complaint; or
(iii) an investigation, or further investigation, of the action is not warranted having regard to all the circumstances; or
(iv) the complainant has not yet raised the complaint with the registered provider; or
(v) the action came to the complainant's knowledge more than 12 months before the complaint was made; or
(vi) the complainant has, or had, a right to cause the action to which the complaint relates to be reviewed by a court or by a tribunal constituted by or under an enactment but has not exercised that right.
(2) The Overseas Students Ombudsman may, in his or her discretion:
(a) decide not to investigate the action; or
(b) if he or she has started to investigate the action--decide not to investigate the action further.