Version as at
6 December 2023
Privacy Act 2020
Part 4 s 65
(i)
the agency has corrected, or will correct, the personal information;
or
(ii)
the agency will not correct the personal information.
(2)
A notice under subsection (1)(b)(i) must inform the requestor of the action the
agency has taken, or will take, to correct the information.
(3)
A notice under subsection (1)(b)(ii) must inform the requestor of—
(a)
the reason for the agency’s refusal to correct the information; and
(b)
the requestor’s entitlement to provide a statement of the correction
sought and to request that it be attached to the information (if the reques‐
tor has not done so already); and
(c)
the requestor’s right to make a complaint to the Commissioner in respect
of the agency’s refusal to correct the information.
Compare: 1993 No 28 ss 6 (IPP 7(2)), 40(1)
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Decision on request to attach statement of correction
(1)
As soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a request under IPP
7(3)(b), an agency must—
(a)
decide whether to grant the request; and
(b)
notify the requestor that—
(i)
the agency has attached the statement of correction to the informa‐
tion; or
(ii)
the agency has not attached the statement of correction to the
information.
(2)
A notice under subsection (1)(b)(i) must inform the requestor of the action the
agency has taken to attach the statement of correction to the information.
(3)
A notice under subsection (1)(b)(ii) must inform the requestor of the reques‐
tor’s right to make a complaint to the Commissioner in respect of the agency’s
refusal to attach a statement of correction to the information.
Compare: 1993 No 28 ss 6 (IPP 7(3)), 40
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Extension of time limits
(1)
On receiving a correction request, an agency may extend the time limit set out
in section 62 or 63 in respect of the request if—
(a)
the request necessitates a search through a large quantity of information,
and meeting the original time limit would unreasonably interfere with
the operations of the agency; or
(b)
consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a
response to the request cannot reasonably be given within the original
time limit; or
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