Part 4 s 39 Privacy Act 2020 Version as at 6 December 2023 Part 4 Access to and correction of personal information Subpart 1—Access to personal information 39 Interpretation (1) In this subpart and subpart 3, IPP 6 request means a request made under IPP 6. (2) In this subpart, requestor, in relation to an IPP 6 request, means the person who made the request. Compare: 1993 No 28 s 33 40 Individuals may make IPP 6 request An IPP 6 request may be made only by the individual concerned or that indi‐ vidual’s representative. Compare: 1993 No 28 s 34 41 Urgency (1) A requestor may ask that an IPP 6 request be treated as urgent (an urgent IPP 6 request). (2) A requestor making an urgent IPP 6 request must state the reason why the request should be treated as urgent. (3) On receiving an urgent IPP 6 request, an agency must consider the request and the reason stated for its urgency when determining the priority to be given to responding to it. Compare: 1993 No 28 s 37 42 Assistance An agency must give reasonable assistance to a person who— (a) wishes to make an IPP 6 request; or (b) is making an IPP 6 request. Compare: 1993 No 28 s 38 43 Transfer of IPP 6 request (1) This section applies if an agency that receives an IPP 6 request— (2) 40 (a) does not hold the information to which the request relates, but believes that the information is held by another agency; or (b) believes that the information to which the request relates is more closely connected with the functions or activities of another agency. The agency must promptly, and in any case not later than 10 working days after the day on which the IPP 6 request is received, transfer the request to the other agency and inform the requestor accordingly.

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