3   Object and principle of administration of Act

(1)  The primary object of this Act is to establish the Health Care Complaints Commission as an independent body for the purposes of:

(a)  receiving and assessing complaints under this Act relating to health services and health service providers in New South Wales, and

(b)  investigating and assessing whether any such complaint is serious and if so, whether it should be prosecuted, and

(c)  prosecuting serious complaints, and

(d)  resolving or overseeing the resolution of complaints.

(2)  In the exercise of functions under this Act the protection of the health and safety of the public must be the paramount consideration.