88 Powers of commissioner on review

(1) In the conduct of a review, the commissioner has, in addition to any other power, power to—

(a) review any decision that has been made by an agency or Minister in relation to the application concerned; and

(b) decide any matter in relation to the application that could, under this Act, have been decided by an agency or Minister, or prescribed person under schedule 4, section 10.

(2) In the conduct of a review of a decision mentioned in section 101C(1)(c), the commissioner also has, in addition to any other power, power to require the agency or Minister concerned to conduct further searches for a document.

(3) If it is established that a document is an exempt document, the commissioner does not have power to direct that access to the document is to be granted.

(4) Any decision of the commissioner under this section has the same effect as a decision of the agency, Minister or prescribed person.

(5) In this section—

conduct further searches for a document includes make inquiries to locate the document.