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Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990
119AApplication to NTCAT for alteration to disputed information
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119A Application to NTCAT for alteration to disputed information
(1) A person (an aggrieved person) who has served a notice of
objection on a reporting agency or trader (the respondent) under
section 119(1) may make an application under subsection (2) if the
aggrieved person:
(a) does not receive a response from the respondent to the
objection within the period specified in section 119(3); or
(b) is dissatisfied with any alteration to the information relating to
the person that was made or not made by the respondent in
response to the objection.
(2) An aggrieved person may apply to NTCAT for an order requiring
the respondent to make an alteration to the information relating to
the aggrieved person (the disputed information).
(3) An application under subsection (2) is a matter within NTCAT's
original jurisdiction.
(4) On an application under subsection (2), if NTCAT is satisfied that
the disputed information is inaccurate or incomplete, NTCAT may:
(a) order the respondent to alter the disputed information by
amendment, supplementation or deletion; and
(b) order the respondent to give written notice of the alteration to
the disputed information to:
(i) any person to whom the respondent has provided a
prescribed report based on the information; or
(ii) any other person specified by NTCAT in the order; and
(c) make any other order that NTCAT considers appropriate to
ensure that the respondent complies with this Part.
(5) Part 5, Division 1 of the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative
Tribunal Act 2014 does not apply to a decision made by NTCAT
under this section.
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