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Information Act 2002
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16 Right to access or correct personal information
Every person has a right, enforceable under this Act:
(a) to access his or her personal information; and
(b) to correct his or her personal information if the information is
inaccurate, incomplete or out of date; and
(c) if the person and the public sector organisation holding the
information disagree on the correction to be made – to request
the organisation to take reasonable steps to associate with the
information a statement by the person to the effect that, in the
person's opinion, the information is inaccurate, incomplete or
out of date.