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Freedom of Information Act 1982
48Application for amendment or annotation of personal records
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#### 48 Application for amendment or annotation of personal records
Where a person claims that a document of an agency or an official document of a Minister to which access has been lawfully provided to the person, whether under this Act or otherwise, contains personal information about that person:
(a) that is incomplete, incorrect, out of date or misleading; and
(b) that has been used, is being used or is available for use by the agency or Minister for an administrative purpose;
the person may apply to the agency or Minister for:
(c) an amendment; or
(d) an annotation;
of the record of that information kept by the agency or Minister.