Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts35. Refusing to correct information
(1) The public sector organisation may decide to refuse to correct information.
(2) The public sector organisation must specify in the notice of decision under section 33 -
(a) the reasons for refusing to correct the information; and
(b) that, if the applicant remains of the opinion that the information is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, the applicant is entitled to request the organisation to take reasonable steps to associate with that information a statement by the applicant to that effect.
(3) The public sector organisation must take all reasonable steps to comply with a request made under subsection (2)(b).
(4) This section does not require a public sector organisation to comply with a request made under subsection (2)(b) if the organisation refused to correct the information because it was historical only.