FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 46

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 46

46 .         Application for amendment, form etc. of

        (1)         The application for amendment has to —

            (a)         be in writing; and

            (b)         give enough details to enable the document that contains the information to be identified; and

            (c)         give details of the matters in relation to which the person believes the information is inaccurate, incomplete, out of date or misleading; and

            (d)         give the person’s reasons for holding that belief; and

            (e)         give details of the amendment that the person wishes to have made; and

            (f)         give an address in Australia to which notices under this Act can be sent; and

            (g)         give any other information or details required under the regulations; and

            (h)         be lodged at an office of the agency.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1)(e) the application has to state whether the person wishes the amendment to be made by —

            (a)         altering information;

            (b)         striking out or deleting information;

            (c)         inserting information;

            (d)         inserting a note in relation to information,

                or in 2 or more of those ways.