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Information Act 2002
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35 Refusing to correct information
(1) The public sector organisation may decide to refuse to correct
under section 33:
(a) the reasons for refusing to correct the information; and
(b) that, if the applicant remains of the opinion that the information
is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, the applicant is
entitled to request the organisation to take reasonable steps to
associate with that information a statement by the applicant to
that effect.
(3) The public sector organisation must take all reasonable steps to
comply with a request made under subsection (2)(b).
(4) This section does not require a public sector organisation to comply
with a request made under subsection (2)(b) if the organisation
refused to correct the information because it was historical only.