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Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012
sec.429Making individuals aware of personal information held
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### sec.429 Making individuals aware of personal information held
TCA must prepare, and make publicly available, a document setting out its policies on the management of personal information held by it.
making a document available at TCA’s office
making a document available on TCA’s website
Maximum penalty—$6000.
If asked by an individual about whom TCA holds personal information, TCA must, within 28 days after receiving the request, give the individual the following information if it can reasonably give the information—
the kind of information it holds about the individual;
the purpose for which the information is held;
the way in which it collects, holds, uses and discloses the information;
the entities to whom the information may be disclosed;
that, under this Chapter, the individual has rights of access to the information or to have the information changed to ensure it is accurate, complete and up to date;
how the rights mentioned in paragraph (e) can be exercised.
Maximum penalty—$6000.
Subsection (2) does not require TCA to inform an individual that a report under section 422 , 423 , 438 , 451 or 452 exists or has been made.
sch s 429 sub 2013 No. 4 s 12
(sec.429-ssec.1) TCA must prepare, and make publicly available, a document setting out its policies on the management of personal information held by it. making a document available at TCA’s office making a document available on TCA’s website Maximum penalty—$6000.
(sec.429-ssec.2) If asked by an individual about whom TCA holds personal information, TCA must, within 28 days after receiving the request, give the individual the following information if it can reasonably give the information— the kind of information it holds about the individual; the purpose for which the information is held; the way in which it collects, holds, uses and discloses the information; the entities to whom the information may be disclosed; that, under this Chapter, the individual has rights of access to the information or to have the information changed to ensure it is accurate, complete and up to date; how the rights mentioned in paragraph (e) can be exercised. Maximum penalty—$6000.
(sec.429-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not require TCA to inform an individual that a report under section 422 , 423 , 438 , 451 or 452 exists or has been made.
- • making a document available at TCA’s office
- • making a document available on TCA’s website
- (a) the kind of information it holds about the individual;
- (b) the purpose for which the information is held;
- (c) the way in which it collects, holds, uses and discloses the information;
- (d) the entities to whom the information may be disclosed;
- (e) that, under this Chapter, the individual has rights of access to the information or to have the information changed to ensure it is accurate, complete and up to date;
- (f) how the rights mentioned in paragraph (e) can be exercised.