sch.3-sec.12QPP 12—access to personal information

### sch.3-sec.12 QPP 12—access to personal information Access If an agency holds personal information about an individual, the agency must, on request by the individual, give the individual access to the information. Exception to access If the agency is required or authorised to refuse to give the individual access to the personal information under— the Right to Information Act ; or another law in force in Queensland that provides for access by people to documents; then, despite QPP 12.1, the agency is not required to give access to the extent the agency is required or authorised to refuse to give access. The equivalent APP includes a provision applying to certain private sector entities (see APP 12.3). The Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth) , schedule 1 includes privacy principles about the procedures for requesting access to personal information, including requirements for dealing with requests for access, other means of access, access charges and refusals to give access (see APPs 12.4 to 12.10). There are no equivalent QPPs for APPs 12.3 to 12.10. sch 3 s 12 ins 2023 No. 32 s 74 (sch.3-sec.12-ssec) Access (sch.3-sec.12-ssec.12.1) If an agency holds personal information about an individual, the agency must, on request by the individual, give the individual access to the information. (sch.3-sec.12-ssec-oc.2) Exception to access (sch.3-sec.12-ssec.12.2) If the agency is required or authorised to refuse to give the individual access to the personal information under— the Right to Information Act ; or another law in force in Queensland that provides for access by people to documents; then, despite QPP 12.1, the agency is not required to give access to the extent the agency is required or authorised to refuse to give access. The equivalent APP includes a provision applying to certain private sector entities (see APP 12.3). The Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth) , schedule 1 includes privacy principles about the procedures for requesting access to personal information, including requirements for dealing with requests for access, other means of access, access charges and refusals to give access (see APPs 12.4 to 12.10). There are no equivalent QPPs for APPs 12.3 to 12.10. - (a) the Right to Information Act ; or - (b) another law in force in Queensland that provides for access by people to documents; - 1 The equivalent APP includes a provision applying to certain private sector entities (see APP 12.3). - 2 The Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth) , schedule 1 includes privacy principles about the procedures for requesting access to personal information, including requirements for dealing with requests for access, other means of access, access charges and refusals to give access (see APPs 12.4 to 12.10). There are no equivalent QPPs for APPs 12.3 to 12.10.