147How advance notice request is lodged

147 How advance notice request is lodged

147 How advance notice request is lodged

(cf AI Act s 15D)

(1) A person entitled to lodge an advance notice request may do so by advising the Secretary in writing that he or she wishes to be notified if a particular person, or a person within a class of persons, entitled to receive the personal information concerned specified in the advice makes an application for personal information relating to the person lodging the advance notice request.

(2) The advice is to be in a form approved by the Secretary.

(3) An advance notice request is not duly lodged unless the person provides the Secretary with proof (to the satisfaction of the Secretary) of his or her identity.

(4) A person lodging an advance notice request may also leave a message for a person concerned in or affected by an adoption with the Secretary.