(1) A public sector agency that holds personal information must, at the
request of the individual to whom the information relates, make appropriate
amendments (whether by way of corrections, deletions or additions) to ensure
that the personal information--
(a) is accurate, and
(b) having regard to the
purpose for which the information was collected (or is to be used) and to any
purpose that is directly related to that purpose, is relevant, up to date,
complete and not misleading.
(2) If a public sector agency is not prepared to
amend personal information in accordance with a request by the individual to
whom the information relates, the agency must, if so requested by the
individual concerned, take such steps as are reasonable to attach to the
information, in such a manner as is capable of being read with the
information, any statement provided by that individual of the amendment
sought.
(3) If personal information is amended in accordance with this
section, the individual to whom the information relates is entitled, if it is
reasonably practicable, to have recipients of that information notified of the
amendments made by the public sector agency.
(5) The
Privacy Commissioner's guidelines under section 36 may make provision for or
with respect to requests under this section, including the way in which such a
request should be made and the time within which such a request should be
dealt with.
(6) In this section (and in any other provision of this Act in
connection with the operation of this section),
"public sector agency" includes a Minister and a Minister's personal staff.
