56. The function of the complaints commissioner is to examine complaints(1) from users who disagree with the conclusions transmitted to them by the complaints officer of a regional board pursuant to section 49;
(2) from persons referred to in section 72 who disagree with the conclusions transmitted to them by the complaints officer of a regional board pursuant to section 75;
(3) from persons who disagree with the conclusions transmitted to them by the complaints officer of a regional board pursuant to section 53.
The examination of such complaints may include an inquiry if the complaints commissioner judges it to be advisable.
In conducting an inquiry, the complaints commissioner is vested with the powers and immunity provided for in the Act respecting public inquiry commissions (chapter C-37), except the power to impose imprisonment.
1991, c. 42, s. 56; 1998, c. 39, s. 19.