Overview Eighty-six decisions were made by the Director this year on matters concerning the Human Rights Act 1993 and Privacy Act 1993. Human Rights Act matters The Director made 57 decisions in respect to applications for representation under the Human Rights Act 1993. Of these, nine decisions were made to provide representation: three for representation in the Human Rights Review Tribunal; one for enforcement proceedings; and five for settlement purposes. Four matters were referred back to the Human Rights Commission for mediation. ‘No further action’ decisions were made in 12 cases. A decision not to provide representation was made in 32 cases. Privacy Act matters The Director made 29 decisions in respect to Privacy Act 1993 matters. Five decisions followed referrals from the Privacy Commissioner under section 77 of the Privacy Act 1993. The Director decided to bring proceedings in one of these referrals, and two matters were settled. The Director did not take proceedings or settle the remaining two cases. The Director made 23 decisions in respect to invitations to intervene in proceedings before the Human Rights Review Tribunal. He declined to intervene in any of these. However, a decision was made under section 86 of the Privacy Act 1993 to intervene in an appeal from the Tribunal to the High Court. This diagram shows the proportion of applications for representation in respect to Part 1A of the Human Rights Act 1993 (which deals with discrimination by government and bodies acting with legal authority), and Part 2 of the Human Rights Act 1993 (which largely deals with discrimination in the private sector). Decisions made under Part 1A and Part 2 of the Human Rights Act 1993 46% Part 1A Annual Report 2015 54% Part 2 27