Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Where an agency to which or Minister to whom a request is made under section 48 decides to amend the record of information to which the request relates, the agency or Minister may, in the discretion of the Minister or agency, make the amendment either by altering the record or by adding an appropriate notation to the record.
(2) Where an agency or Minister amends a record by adding a notation to the record, the notation shall—
(a) specify the respects in which the information is incomplete, incorrect, out-of-date or misleading; and
(b) if the information is claimed to be out-of-date—set out such information as is required to bring the information up-to-date.
(3) Where a request is made to an agency or Minister under section 48, the agency or Minister shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the claimant is notified of a decision on the request as soon as practicable but in any case not later than 30 days after the day on which the request is received by or on behalf of the agency or Minister.
(4) Section 22 applies to a decision in respect of a request made under section 48.
(5) Section 25 applies to a decision made under this part refusing to amend a record in like manner as it applies to a decision made under part 3 refusing to grant access to a document in accordance with a request made in accordance with section 14 (1).