78C

Right to amend personal information in particular documents

In force

(1)

Subject to this Act, an individual has a right under this Act to amend, if inaccurate, incomplete, out of date or misleading—

(a)

documents of an agency to the extent they contain the individual’s personal information; and

(b)

documents of a Minister to the extent they contain the individual’s personal information.

Notes—

1 See part 2 for how to exercise this right to amend.

2 Exclusions of the right are provided for under—

(a)

section 78G, which restricts the making of amendment applications to the OIC, the information commissioner, the RTI commissioner or the privacy commissioner;

and

(b)

part 4, which provides particular circumstances where an entity may refuse to deal with an application; and

(c)

section 78S, which provides grounds on which an entity may refuse to make an amendment.

(2)

Subsection (1) applies to documents regardless of when the documents came into existence.

This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum Second reading speech

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