Part 4 s 61
Privacy Act 2020
Version as at
6 December 2023
(2)
A requestor making an urgent correction request must state the reason why the
request should be treated as urgent.
(3)
On receiving an urgent correction 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
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Assistance
An agency must give reasonable assistance to a person who—
(a)
wishes to make a correction request; or
(b)
is making a correction request.
Compare: 1993 No 28 s 38
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Transfer of correction request
(1)
This section applies if an agency that receives a correction request—
(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.
(2)
The agency must promptly, and in any case not later than 10 working days after
the day on which the correction request is received, transfer the request to the
other agency and inform the requestor accordingly.
(3)
However, subsection (2) does not apply if the agency has good cause to believe
that the requestor does not want the request transferred to another agency.
(4)
If, in reliance on subsection (3), the agency does not transfer the request, the
agency must promptly, and in any case not later than 10 working days after the
day on which the correction request was received, inform the requestor—
(a)
that this section applies in respect of the request; and
(b)
that, in reliance on subsection (3), the request has not been transferred;
and
(c)
which agency the request could be transferred to.
Compare: 1993 No 28 s 39
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Decision on request to correct personal information
(1)
As soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a request under IPP 7(1),
and in any case not later than 20 working days after receiving the request, an
agency must—
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(a)
decide whether to grant the request; and
(b)
notify the requestor that—